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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 9283
32 Buffer Stock 58526
33 Build to Stock 12756
34 Bullwhip Effect 9343
35 Business Logistics 25206
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12366
37 Capacity Management 39772
38 Capacity Utilization 13841
39 Capital Intensive 8158
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8448
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11897
42 Certified Supplier 8841
43 Channel Effectiveness 8801
44 Co-Destiny 9084
45 Co-managed Inventory 12249
46 Co-Packers 11585
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6669
48 Computer-Based Training 7536
49 Consular Invoice 19410
50 Container Depot 10416
51 Container Freight Station 10151
52 Continuous Replenishment 19257
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11876
54 Contract Carrier 7222
55 Contract of Affreightment 11227
56 Control Charts 7798
57 Cost Flow 10107
58 Courier Service 14957
59 CPFR 8050
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11587
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43558
62 Date Code 17855
63 Days of Supply 19559
64 Dead on Arrival 9001
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7126
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7911
67 Detective Control 8734
68 Devanning 14044
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10663
70 Dispatching 23840
71 Distributed Inventory 8205
72 Distribution Channel Management 34233
73 Distribution Metrics 8811
74 Distribution Planning 23969
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14946
76 Double Marginalization 52313
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22063
78 Dual 5313
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20371
80 Echelon Inventory 25918
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38026
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49081
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7453
84 Efficient Frontier 25093
85 Engineer-to-Order 31379
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16058
87 Erlang B Formula 9154
88 ETD 8138
89 Ex Works 7710
90 Exception Rate 13217
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7617
95 Field Warehouse 9739
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8524
97 Fishbone Diagram 14389
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26640
99 Flow Through Distribution 12105
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7980
101 FOB Destination 12770
102 Forward buying 29810
103 Freight Charge 10147
104 Freight Consolidation 7375
105 Gantt Chart 8155
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11504
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29267
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12482
109 Hub 23135
110 Idle Time 7908
111 Import/Export License 8537
112 In Bond Shipment 13694
113 Inbound Logistics 13296
114 Interstate System 10819
115 Inventory Costs 52967
116 Inventory in Transit 16181
117 Inventory Management 54057
118 Inventory Planning System 9629
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22025
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41700
121 JIT 2 18267
122 Job Production 26887
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8842
124 Kanban Squares 6681
125 Laid-Down Cost 9945
126 Lean Office 5863
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8408
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13922
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36517
 
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