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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 9741
32 Buffer Stock 59762
33 Build to Stock 13197
34 Bullwhip Effect 9915
35 Business Logistics 26115
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12746
37 Capacity Management 41356
38 Capacity Utilization 14367
39 Capital Intensive 8634
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9004
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12334
42 Certified Supplier 9093
43 Channel Effectiveness 9094
44 Co-Destiny 9472
45 Co-managed Inventory 12774
46 Co-Packers 11946
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7070
48 Computer-Based Training 7830
49 Consular Invoice 20090
50 Container Depot 10764
51 Container Freight Station 10409
52 Continuous Replenishment 19760
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12243
54 Contract Carrier 7416
55 Contract of Affreightment 11589
56 Control Charts 8107
57 Cost Flow 10452
58 Courier Service 15455
59 CPFR 8373
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11987
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44686
62 Date Code 18620
63 Days of Supply 20064
64 Dead on Arrival 9547
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7458
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8296
67 Detective Control 9097
68 Devanning 14389
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11157
70 Dispatching 24902
71 Distributed Inventory 8502
72 Distribution Channel Management 35248
73 Distribution Metrics 9388
74 Distribution Planning 24446
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15467
76 Double Marginalization 53099
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22629
78 Dual 5562
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20804
80 Echelon Inventory 26510
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38524
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50314
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7771
84 Efficient Frontier 25807
85 Engineer-to-Order 32043
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16878
87 Erlang B Formula 9498
88 ETD 8488
89 Ex Works 7961
90 Exception Rate 13727
91 Exponential smoothing 9970
92 External Growth 10270
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9720
94 Field Services 7860
95 Field Warehouse 11205
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9048
97 Fishbone Diagram 14814
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27420
99 Flow Through Distribution 12523
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8376
101 FOB Destination 13274
102 Forward buying 30502
103 Freight Charge 10550
104 Freight Consolidation 7659
105 Gantt Chart 8416
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11978
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29813
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12900
109 Hub 23696
110 Idle Time 8219
111 Import/Export License 8884
112 In Bond Shipment 14168
113 Inbound Logistics 13794
114 Interstate System 11175
115 Inventory Costs 54231
116 Inventory in Transit 16802
117 Inventory Management 55455
118 Inventory Planning System 10043
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22574
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43642
121 JIT 2 18611
122 Job Production 28426
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9319
124 Kanban Squares 6996
125 Laid-Down Cost 10416
126 Lean Office 6279
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10936
128 Lee's Notation 8696
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14532
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37750
 
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