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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 9415
32 Buffer Stock 58940
33 Build to Stock 12855
34 Bullwhip Effect 9478
35 Business Logistics 25460
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12478
37 Capacity Management 40188
38 Capacity Utilization 13981
39 Capital Intensive 8299
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8613
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12023
42 Certified Supplier 8912
43 Channel Effectiveness 8867
44 Co-Destiny 9204
45 Co-managed Inventory 12377
46 Co-Packers 11684
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6779
48 Computer-Based Training 7624
49 Consular Invoice 19610
50 Container Depot 10532
51 Container Freight Station 10222
52 Continuous Replenishment 19381
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11988
54 Contract Carrier 7280
55 Contract of Affreightment 11333
56 Control Charts 7894
57 Cost Flow 10190
58 Courier Service 15111
59 CPFR 8146
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11702
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43913
62 Date Code 18078
63 Days of Supply 19709
64 Dead on Arrival 9133
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7234
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8020
67 Detective Control 8840
68 Devanning 14140
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10779
70 Dispatching 24268
71 Distributed Inventory 8286
72 Distribution Channel Management 34514
73 Distribution Metrics 8989
74 Distribution Planning 24094
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15097
76 Double Marginalization 52498
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22191
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20502
80 Echelon Inventory 26065
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38162
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49433
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7543
84 Efficient Frontier 25309
85 Engineer-to-Order 31587
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16272
87 Erlang B Formula 9268
88 ETD 8257
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13374
91 Exponential smoothing 9759
92 External Growth 9983
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9351
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10043
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8666
97 Fishbone Diagram 14517
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26860
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8088
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29953
103 Freight Charge 10248
104 Freight Consolidation 7460
105 Gantt Chart 8227
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11632
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29444
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12597
109 Hub 23296
110 Idle Time 7992
111 Import/Export License 8638
112 In Bond Shipment 13817
113 Inbound Logistics 13468
114 Interstate System 10926
115 Inventory Costs 53333
116 Inventory in Transit 16326
117 Inventory Management 54464
118 Inventory Planning System 9718
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22180
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42285
121 JIT 2 18362
122 Job Production 27328
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8968
124 Kanban Squares 6765
125 Laid-Down Cost 10066
126 Lean Office 5959
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8502
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14097
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36941
 
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