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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 9536
32 Buffer Stock 59301
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9688
35 Business Logistics 25762
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12583
37 Capacity Management 40572
38 Capacity Utilization 14122
39 Capital Intensive 8424
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8759
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12147
42 Certified Supplier 8975
43 Channel Effectiveness 8942
44 Co-Destiny 9314
45 Co-managed Inventory 12575
46 Co-Packers 11791
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6890
48 Computer-Based Training 7701
49 Consular Invoice 19810
50 Container Depot 10621
51 Container Freight Station 10288
52 Continuous Replenishment 19579
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12093
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11430
56 Control Charts 7974
57 Cost Flow 10285
58 Courier Service 15255
59 CPFR 8236
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11816
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44193
62 Date Code 18255
63 Days of Supply 19855
64 Dead on Arrival 9338
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7321
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8122
67 Detective Control 8923
68 Devanning 14222
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10978
70 Dispatching 24541
71 Distributed Inventory 8369
72 Distribution Channel Management 34781
73 Distribution Metrics 9130
74 Distribution Planning 24214
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15231
76 Double Marginalization 52771
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22397
78 Dual 5450
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20627
80 Echelon Inventory 26226
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38288
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49775
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25509
85 Engineer-to-Order 31770
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16544
87 Erlang B Formula 9360
88 ETD 8342
89 Ex Works 7845
90 Exception Rate 13508
91 Exponential smoothing 9840
92 External Growth 10089
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9531
94 Field Services 7749
95 Field Warehouse 10510
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8782
97 Fishbone Diagram 14622
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27060
99 Flow Through Distribution 12327
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8191
101 FOB Destination 13048
102 Forward buying 30187
103 Freight Charge 10422
104 Freight Consolidation 7540
105 Gantt Chart 8299
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11746
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29604
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12698
109 Hub 23453
110 Idle Time 8079
111 Import/Export License 8734
112 In Bond Shipment 13973
113 Inbound Logistics 13601
114 Interstate System 11018
115 Inventory Costs 53691
116 Inventory in Transit 16551
117 Inventory Management 54844
118 Inventory Planning System 9884
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22317
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42789
121 JIT 2 18455
122 Job Production 27730
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9159
124 Kanban Squares 6851
125 Laid-Down Cost 10207
126 Lean Office 6136
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10866
128 Lee's Notation 8580
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14256
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37318
 
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