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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 9449
32 Buffer Stock 59088
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9519
35 Business Logistics 25534
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12519
37 Capacity Management 40317
38 Capacity Utilization 14032
39 Capital Intensive 8344
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8658
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12062
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8890
44 Co-Destiny 9244
45 Co-managed Inventory 12409
46 Co-Packers 11716
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6810
48 Computer-Based Training 7653
49 Consular Invoice 19677
50 Container Depot 10561
51 Container Freight Station 10244
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12024
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11366
56 Control Charts 7917
57 Cost Flow 10218
58 Courier Service 15166
59 CPFR 8171
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11733
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44009
62 Date Code 18139
63 Days of Supply 19759
64 Dead on Arrival 9179
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7263
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8056
67 Detective Control 8865
68 Devanning 14169
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10816
70 Dispatching 24366
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34593
73 Distribution Metrics 9037
74 Distribution Planning 24136
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15147
76 Double Marginalization 52561
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22229
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20542
80 Echelon Inventory 26121
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38199
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49526
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7569
84 Efficient Frontier 25376
85 Engineer-to-Order 31649
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16333
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8282
89 Ex Works 7800
90 Exception Rate 13419
91 Exponential smoothing 9783
92 External Growth 10017
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9378
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10240
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8704
97 Fishbone Diagram 14553
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26926
99 Flow Through Distribution 12258
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8122
101 FOB Destination 12967
102 Forward buying 30005
103 Freight Charge 10277
104 Freight Consolidation 7487
105 Gantt Chart 8255
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11670
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29499
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12627
109 Hub 23346
110 Idle Time 8022
111 Import/Export License 8664
112 In Bond Shipment 13874
113 Inbound Logistics 13514
114 Interstate System 10957
115 Inventory Costs 53431
116 Inventory in Transit 16374
117 Inventory Management 54567
118 Inventory Planning System 9740
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22229
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42458
121 JIT 2 18391
122 Job Production 27442
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9003
124 Kanban Squares 6793
125 Laid-Down Cost 10107
126 Lean Office 5985
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10831
128 Lee's Notation 8527
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14151
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37070
 
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