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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 9471
32 Buffer Stock 59137
33 Build to Stock 12899
34 Bullwhip Effect 9545
35 Business Logistics 25577
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12538
37 Capacity Management 40378
38 Capacity Utilization 14060
39 Capital Intensive 8370
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8693
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12088
42 Certified Supplier 8945
43 Channel Effectiveness 8899
44 Co-Destiny 9263
45 Co-managed Inventory 12435
46 Co-Packers 11736
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6830
48 Computer-Based Training 7665
49 Consular Invoice 19707
50 Container Depot 10579
51 Container Freight Station 10255
52 Continuous Replenishment 19433
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12039
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11383
56 Control Charts 7933
57 Cost Flow 10235
58 Courier Service 15187
59 CPFR 8188
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11761
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44062
62 Date Code 18170
63 Days of Supply 19787
64 Dead on Arrival 9204
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8076
67 Detective Control 8879
68 Devanning 14183
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10831
70 Dispatching 24417
71 Distributed Inventory 8325
72 Distribution Channel Management 34647
73 Distribution Metrics 9071
74 Distribution Planning 24158
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15172
76 Double Marginalization 52595
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20569
80 Echelon Inventory 26152
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38220
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49600
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7584
84 Efficient Frontier 25414
85 Engineer-to-Order 31687
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16376
87 Erlang B Formula 9319
88 ETD 8303
89 Ex Works 7811
90 Exception Rate 13441
91 Exponential smoothing 9804
92 External Growth 10035
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10338
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8725
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26959
99 Flow Through Distribution 12278
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8138
101 FOB Destination 12985
102 Forward buying 30030
103 Freight Charge 10294
104 Freight Consolidation 7498
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11693
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29527
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12648
109 Hub 23374
110 Idle Time 8039
111 Import/Export License 8682
112 In Bond Shipment 13901
113 Inbound Logistics 13544
114 Interstate System 10974
115 Inventory Costs 53498
116 Inventory in Transit 16402
117 Inventory Management 54616
118 Inventory Planning System 9753
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22250
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42544
121 JIT 2 18406
122 Job Production 27526
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9023
124 Kanban Squares 6808
125 Laid-Down Cost 10132
126 Lean Office 6005
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10837
128 Lee's Notation 8543
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14178
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37123
 
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