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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 9454
32 Buffer Stock 59107
33 Build to Stock 12889
34 Bullwhip Effect 9533
35 Business Logistics 25556
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12527
37 Capacity Management 40341
38 Capacity Utilization 14045
39 Capital Intensive 8355
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8670
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12073
42 Certified Supplier 8935
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9250
45 Co-managed Inventory 12418
46 Co-Packers 11725
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6818
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19689
50 Container Depot 10568
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19419
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12031
54 Contract Carrier 7297
55 Contract of Affreightment 11373
56 Control Charts 7926
57 Cost Flow 10225
58 Courier Service 15173
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11747
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44030
62 Date Code 18150
63 Days of Supply 19769
64 Dead on Arrival 9188
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7272
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8065
67 Detective Control 8872
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10821
70 Dispatching 24388
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34618
73 Distribution Metrics 9053
74 Distribution Planning 24145
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15159
76 Double Marginalization 52577
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22237
78 Dual 5412
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20554
80 Echelon Inventory 26133
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38206
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49556
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7574
84 Efficient Frontier 25391
85 Engineer-to-Order 31660
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16351
87 Erlang B Formula 9309
88 ETD 8290
89 Ex Works 7803
90 Exception Rate 13431
91 Exponential smoothing 9791
92 External Growth 10024
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9387
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10288
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8710
97 Fishbone Diagram 14560
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26939
99 Flow Through Distribution 12265
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8130
101 FOB Destination 12977
102 Forward buying 30017
103 Freight Charge 10281
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8259
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11679
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29512
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12636
109 Hub 23356
110 Idle Time 8027
111 Import/Export License 8673
112 In Bond Shipment 13883
113 Inbound Logistics 13524
114 Interstate System 10961
115 Inventory Costs 53458
116 Inventory in Transit 16384
117 Inventory Management 54587
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22239
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42495
121 JIT 2 18396
122 Job Production 27477
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9011
124 Kanban Squares 6801
125 Laid-Down Cost 10117
126 Lean Office 5996
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8533
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14161
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37097
 
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