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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 9404
32 Buffer Stock 58895
33 Build to Stock 12848
34 Bullwhip Effect 9464
35 Business Logistics 25439
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12470
37 Capacity Management 40153
38 Capacity Utilization 13970
39 Capital Intensive 8290
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8604
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12019
42 Certified Supplier 8907
43 Channel Effectiveness 8862
44 Co-Destiny 9195
45 Co-managed Inventory 12365
46 Co-Packers 11679
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6773
48 Computer-Based Training 7617
49 Consular Invoice 19594
50 Container Depot 10529
51 Container Freight Station 10219
52 Continuous Replenishment 19371
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11978
54 Contract Carrier 7277
55 Contract of Affreightment 11325
56 Control Charts 7890
57 Cost Flow 10187
58 Courier Service 15100
59 CPFR 8140
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11696
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43883
62 Date Code 18069
63 Days of Supply 19700
64 Dead on Arrival 9124
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7226
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8014
67 Detective Control 8831
68 Devanning 14132
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10772
70 Dispatching 24243
71 Distributed Inventory 8281
72 Distribution Channel Management 34493
73 Distribution Metrics 8974
74 Distribution Planning 24087
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15086
76 Double Marginalization 52484
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22181
78 Dual 5381
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20491
80 Echelon Inventory 26050
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38153
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49402
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7538
84 Efficient Frontier 25296
85 Engineer-to-Order 31571
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16258
87 Erlang B Formula 9265
88 ETD 8250
89 Ex Works 7776
90 Exception Rate 13360
91 Exponential smoothing 9753
92 External Growth 9973
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9345
94 Field Services 7684
95 Field Warehouse 9992
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8650
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26843
99 Flow Through Distribution 12213
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8083
101 FOB Destination 12930
102 Forward buying 29942
103 Freight Charge 10242
104 Freight Consolidation 7455
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11622
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29431
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12584
109 Hub 23284
110 Idle Time 7987
111 Import/Export License 8629
112 In Bond Shipment 13809
113 Inbound Logistics 13454
114 Interstate System 10915
115 Inventory Costs 53307
116 Inventory in Transit 16317
117 Inventory Management 54439
118 Inventory Planning System 9714
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22169
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42240
121 JIT 2 18357
122 Job Production 27295
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8960
124 Kanban Squares 6762
125 Laid-Down Cost 10057
126 Lean Office 5952
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10809
128 Lee's Notation 8495
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14083
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36916
 
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