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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 9680
32 Buffer Stock 59623
33 Build to Stock 13131
34 Bullwhip Effect 9823
35 Business Logistics 26005
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41051
38 Capacity Utilization 14269
39 Capital Intensive 8562
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8916
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12265
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9034
44 Co-Destiny 9418
45 Co-managed Inventory 12700
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6996
48 Computer-Based Training 7783
49 Consular Invoice 19990
50 Container Depot 10711
51 Container Freight Station 10362
52 Continuous Replenishment 19696
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12195
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11531
56 Control Charts 8048
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15390
59 CPFR 8322
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11917
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44482
62 Date Code 18501
63 Days of Supply 19993
64 Dead on Arrival 9474
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7409
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8236
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14329
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11091
70 Dispatching 24771
71 Distributed Inventory 8457
72 Distribution Channel Management 35098
73 Distribution Metrics 9294
74 Distribution Planning 24359
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15393
76 Double Marginalization 52982
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22541
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26398
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38423
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50117
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25700
85 Engineer-to-Order 31948
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16761
87 Erlang B Formula 9459
88 ETD 8429
89 Ex Works 7922
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9926
92 External Growth 10207
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9633
94 Field Services 7816
95 Field Warehouse 10917
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8949
97 Fishbone Diagram 14741
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12455
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8308
101 FOB Destination 13196
102 Forward buying 30390
103 Freight Charge 10511
104 Freight Consolidation 7615
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11886
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29749
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12814
109 Hub 23600
110 Idle Time 8164
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14105
113 Inbound Logistics 13726
114 Interstate System 11115
115 Inventory Costs 54038
116 Inventory in Transit 16699
117 Inventory Management 55201
118 Inventory Planning System 9973
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22483
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43329
121 JIT 2 18555
122 Job Production 28181
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9253
124 Kanban Squares 6958
125 Laid-Down Cost 10353
126 Lean Office 6233
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8647
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14434
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37608
 
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