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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 8633
32 Buffer Stock 56217
33 Build to Stock 12207
34 Bullwhip Effect 8766
35 Business Logistics 23849
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11922
37 Capacity Management 36949
38 Capacity Utilization 13129
39 Capital Intensive 7537
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7671
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11202
42 Certified Supplier 8454
43 Channel Effectiveness 8392
44 Co-Destiny 8585
45 Co-managed Inventory 11636
46 Co-Packers 11150
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6082
48 Computer-Based Training 7179
49 Consular Invoice 18420
50 Container Depot 9922
51 Container Freight Station 9753
52 Continuous Replenishment 18627
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11344
54 Contract Carrier 6959
55 Contract of Affreightment 10823
56 Control Charts 7357
57 Cost Flow 9693
58 Courier Service 13962
59 CPFR 7599
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11088
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41561
62 Date Code 16882
63 Days of Supply 18876
64 Dead on Arrival 8341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6760
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7387
67 Detective Control 8350
68 Devanning 13508
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10028
70 Dispatching 22027
71 Distributed Inventory 7814
72 Distribution Channel Management 32607
73 Distribution Metrics 8018
74 Distribution Planning 23334
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14207
76 Double Marginalization 51183
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21418
78 Dual 4886
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19919
80 Echelon Inventory 25402
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37140
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47043
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6979
84 Efficient Frontier 24098
85 Engineer-to-Order 30368
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15059
87 Erlang B Formula 8594
88 ETD 7687
89 Ex Works 7338
90 Exception Rate 12472
91 Exponential smoothing 9198
92 External Growth 9375
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8809
94 Field Services 7296
95 Field Warehouse 9284
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7726
97 Fishbone Diagram 13773
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25603
99 Flow Through Distribution 11535
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7471
101 FOB Destination 12093
102 Forward buying 28981
103 Freight Charge 9653
104 Freight Consolidation 6900
105 Gantt Chart 7762
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 10838
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28125
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 11990
109 Hub 22316
110 Idle Time 7468
111 Import/Export License 8018
112 In Bond Shipment 12910
113 Inbound Logistics 12530
114 Interstate System 10451
115 Inventory Costs 50843
116 Inventory in Transit 15361
117 Inventory Management 52269
118 Inventory Planning System 9043
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21062
120 JIT (Just In Time) 38512
121 JIT 2 17824
122 Job Production 25002
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8263
124 Kanban Squares 6281
125 Laid-Down Cost 9303
126 Lean Office 5473
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10507
128 Lee's Notation 7930
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13068
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 34765
 
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