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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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31 Bottleneck 9675
32 Buffer Stock 59611
33 Build to Stock 13126
34 Bullwhip Effect 9817
35 Business Logistics 26000
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41033
38 Capacity Utilization 14260
39 Capital Intensive 8558
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8909
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12260
42 Certified Supplier 9049
43 Channel Effectiveness 9031
44 Co-Destiny 9412
45 Co-managed Inventory 12695
46 Co-Packers 11891
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6991
48 Computer-Based Training 7781
49 Consular Invoice 19978
50 Container Depot 10704
51 Container Freight Station 10357
52 Continuous Replenishment 19691
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12190
54 Contract Carrier 7384
55 Contract of Affreightment 11522
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10390
58 Courier Service 15387
59 CPFR 8319
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11914
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44466
62 Date Code 18489
63 Days of Supply 19986
64 Dead on Arrival 9470
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7404
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8232
67 Detective Control 9020
68 Devanning 14326
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11088
70 Dispatching 24760
71 Distributed Inventory 8455
72 Distribution Channel Management 35089
73 Distribution Metrics 9289
74 Distribution Planning 24354
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15391
76 Double Marginalization 52978
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22537
78 Dual 5509
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20742
80 Echelon Inventory 26381
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38413
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50100
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7719
84 Efficient Frontier 25688
85 Engineer-to-Order 31941
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16754
87 Erlang B Formula 9455
88 ETD 8426
89 Ex Works 7919
90 Exception Rate 13647
91 Exponential smoothing 9920
92 External Growth 10202
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7813
95 Field Warehouse 10904
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8941
97 Fishbone Diagram 14736
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27284
99 Flow Through Distribution 12447
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8302
101 FOB Destination 13190
102 Forward buying 30383
103 Freight Charge 10508
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8366
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11880
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29741
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12809
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8160
111 Import/Export License 8831
112 In Bond Shipment 14099
113 Inbound Logistics 13722
114 Interstate System 11111
115 Inventory Costs 54025
116 Inventory in Transit 16691
117 Inventory Management 55190
118 Inventory Planning System 9967
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22476
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43301
121 JIT 2 18553
122 Job Production 28159
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9251
124 Kanban Squares 6952
125 Laid-Down Cost 10348
126 Lean Office 6230
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10913
128 Lee's Notation 8645
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14426
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37592
 
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