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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 9184
32 Buffer Stock 58240
33 Build to Stock 12690
34 Bullwhip Effect 9257
35 Business Logistics 25045
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12295
37 Capacity Management 39441
38 Capacity Utilization 13737
39 Capital Intensive 8071
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8341
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11812
42 Certified Supplier 8794
43 Channel Effectiveness 8759
44 Co-Destiny 9025
45 Co-managed Inventory 12172
46 Co-Packers 11531
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6593
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19294
50 Container Depot 10336
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19171
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11799
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11172
56 Control Charts 7739
57 Cost Flow 10048
58 Courier Service 14825
59 CPFR 7985
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11514
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43282
62 Date Code 17716
63 Days of Supply 19449
64 Dead on Arrival 8917
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7071
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7841
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13974
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10582
70 Dispatching 23609
71 Distributed Inventory 8156
72 Distribution Channel Management 34023
73 Distribution Metrics 8698
74 Distribution Planning 23891
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14831
76 Double Marginalization 52168
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21980
78 Dual 5251
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20290
80 Echelon Inventory 25849
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37941
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48824
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7397
84 Efficient Frontier 24946
85 Engineer-to-Order 31242
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15928
87 Erlang B Formula 9084
88 ETD 8075
89 Ex Works 7665
90 Exception Rate 13128
91 Exponential smoothing 9599
92 External Growth 9813
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9196
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9675
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8413
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26501
99 Flow Through Distribution 12033
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7913
101 FOB Destination 12670
102 Forward buying 29699
103 Freight Charge 10088
104 Freight Consolidation 7311
105 Gantt Chart 8105
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11399
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29155
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12417
109 Hub 23037
110 Idle Time 7857
111 Import/Export License 8469
112 In Bond Shipment 13603
113 Inbound Logistics 13201
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52719
116 Inventory in Transit 16080
117 Inventory Management 53813
118 Inventory Planning System 9570
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21902
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41326
121 JIT 2 18200
122 Job Production 26589
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8751
124 Kanban Squares 6609
125 Laid-Down Cost 9881
126 Lean Office 5793
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8344
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13804
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36257
 
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