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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 9300
32 Buffer Stock 58582
33 Build to Stock 12768
34 Bullwhip Effect 9361
35 Business Logistics 25243
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12378
37 Capacity Management 39831
38 Capacity Utilization 13859
39 Capital Intensive 8184
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8473
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11922
42 Certified Supplier 8849
43 Channel Effectiveness 8808
44 Co-Destiny 9098
45 Co-managed Inventory 12270
46 Co-Packers 11599
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6682
48 Computer-Based Training 7545
49 Consular Invoice 19434
50 Container Depot 10431
51 Container Freight Station 10162
52 Continuous Replenishment 19274
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11893
54 Contract Carrier 7226
55 Contract of Affreightment 11253
56 Control Charts 7810
57 Cost Flow 10122
58 Courier Service 14981
59 CPFR 8064
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11601
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43621
62 Date Code 17888
63 Days of Supply 19584
64 Dead on Arrival 9023
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7139
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7926
67 Detective Control 8747
68 Devanning 14058
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10676
70 Dispatching 23912
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34265
73 Distribution Metrics 8836
74 Distribution Planning 23986
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14962
76 Double Marginalization 52342
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22081
78 Dual 5323
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20388
80 Echelon Inventory 25937
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38046
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49139
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25127
85 Engineer-to-Order 31406
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16088
87 Erlang B Formula 9166
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7717
90 Exception Rate 13240
91 Exponential smoothing 9674
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9267
94 Field Services 7629
95 Field Warehouse 9751
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8541
97 Fishbone Diagram 14409
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26680
99 Flow Through Distribution 12122
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7999
101 FOB Destination 12800
102 Forward buying 29830
103 Freight Charge 10163
104 Freight Consolidation 7386
105 Gantt Chart 8165
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11519
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29289
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12495
109 Hub 23161
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8555
112 In Bond Shipment 13710
113 Inbound Logistics 13321
114 Interstate System 10830
115 Inventory Costs 53028
116 Inventory in Transit 16206
117 Inventory Management 54115
118 Inventory Planning System 9646
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22051
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41776
121 JIT 2 18278
122 Job Production 26942
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8860
124 Kanban Squares 6691
125 Laid-Down Cost 9956
126 Lean Office 5874
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10771
128 Lee's Notation 8419
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13944
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36569
 
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