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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 9548
32 Buffer Stock 59338
33 Build to Stock 13041
34 Bullwhip Effect 9696
35 Business Logistics 25778
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12588
37 Capacity Management 40611
38 Capacity Utilization 14133
39 Capital Intensive 8437
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8772
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12160
42 Certified Supplier 8980
43 Channel Effectiveness 8949
44 Co-Destiny 9320
45 Co-managed Inventory 12586
46 Co-Packers 11802
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6900
48 Computer-Based Training 7708
49 Consular Invoice 19830
50 Container Depot 10627
51 Container Freight Station 10295
52 Continuous Replenishment 19586
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12099
54 Contract Carrier 7329
55 Contract of Affreightment 11438
56 Control Charts 7979
57 Cost Flow 10293
58 Courier Service 15270
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11823
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44209
62 Date Code 18269
63 Days of Supply 19863
64 Dead on Arrival 9348
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8133
67 Detective Control 8929
68 Devanning 14232
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10986
70 Dispatching 24561
71 Distributed Inventory 8376
72 Distribution Channel Management 34806
73 Distribution Metrics 9146
74 Distribution Planning 24228
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15244
76 Double Marginalization 52790
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22408
78 Dual 5459
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20638
80 Echelon Inventory 26238
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38296
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49789
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7635
84 Efficient Frontier 25522
85 Engineer-to-Order 31788
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16560
87 Erlang B Formula 9367
88 ETD 8347
89 Ex Works 7850
90 Exception Rate 13518
91 Exponential smoothing 9845
92 External Growth 10099
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9536
94 Field Services 7757
95 Field Warehouse 10544
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8796
97 Fishbone Diagram 14630
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27078
99 Flow Through Distribution 12336
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8199
101 FOB Destination 13062
102 Forward buying 30210
103 Freight Charge 10429
104 Freight Consolidation 7548
105 Gantt Chart 8307
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11756
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29615
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12712
109 Hub 23465
110 Idle Time 8087
111 Import/Export License 8742
112 In Bond Shipment 13991
113 Inbound Logistics 13616
114 Interstate System 11029
115 Inventory Costs 53727
116 Inventory in Transit 16563
117 Inventory Management 54886
118 Inventory Planning System 9890
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22331
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42846
121 JIT 2 18464
122 Job Production 27767
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9164
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10217
126 Lean Office 6143
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8583
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14270
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37340
 
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