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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 9576
32 Buffer Stock 59438
33 Build to Stock 13060
34 Bullwhip Effect 9716
35 Business Logistics 25829
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12611
37 Capacity Management 40735
38 Capacity Utilization 14162
39 Capital Intensive 8472
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8807
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12189
42 Certified Supplier 8997
43 Channel Effectiveness 8969
44 Co-Destiny 9339
45 Co-managed Inventory 12614
46 Co-Packers 11818
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6923
48 Computer-Based Training 7725
49 Consular Invoice 19875
50 Container Depot 10644
51 Container Freight Station 10307
52 Continuous Replenishment 19617
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12125
54 Contract Carrier 7345
55 Contract of Affreightment 11453
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10318
58 Courier Service 15297
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11845
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44269
62 Date Code 18314
63 Days of Supply 19897
64 Dead on Arrival 9381
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8155
67 Detective Control 8948
68 Devanning 14258
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11008
70 Dispatching 24610
71 Distributed Inventory 8397
72 Distribution Channel Management 34884
73 Distribution Metrics 9187
74 Distribution Planning 24253
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15284
76 Double Marginalization 52839
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22447
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26260
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38316
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49872
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7656
84 Efficient Frontier 25573
85 Engineer-to-Order 31834
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16610
87 Erlang B Formula 9388
88 ETD 8364
89 Ex Works 7866
90 Exception Rate 13547
91 Exponential smoothing 9859
92 External Growth 10127
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9561
94 Field Services 7769
95 Field Warehouse 10627
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8838
97 Fishbone Diagram 14659
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27139
99 Flow Through Distribution 12361
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8221
101 FOB Destination 13104
102 Forward buying 30262
103 Freight Charge 10447
104 Freight Consolidation 7570
105 Gantt Chart 8325
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11784
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29650
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12737
109 Hub 23501
110 Idle Time 8107
111 Import/Export License 8766
112 In Bond Shipment 14022
113 Inbound Logistics 13639
114 Interstate System 11051
115 Inventory Costs 53807
116 Inventory in Transit 16588
117 Inventory Management 54957
118 Inventory Planning System 9907
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22359
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43020
121 JIT 2 18490
122 Job Production 27863
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9179
124 Kanban Squares 6875
125 Laid-Down Cost 10257
126 Lean Office 6159
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10884
128 Lee's Notation 8604
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14314
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37408
 
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