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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 9213
32 Buffer Stock 58292
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9279
35 Business Logistics 25082
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12310
37 Capacity Management 39504
38 Capacity Utilization 13761
39 Capital Intensive 8091
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8363
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11831
42 Certified Supplier 8803
43 Channel Effectiveness 8771
44 Co-Destiny 9040
45 Co-managed Inventory 12193
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6607
48 Computer-Based Training 7485
49 Consular Invoice 19323
50 Container Depot 10353
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19192
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11813
54 Contract Carrier 7197
55 Contract of Affreightment 11181
56 Control Charts 7753
57 Cost Flow 10062
58 Courier Service 14852
59 CPFR 8003
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11530
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43336
62 Date Code 17738
63 Days of Supply 19471
64 Dead on Arrival 8932
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7080
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7859
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13991
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10598
70 Dispatching 23647
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34062
73 Distribution Metrics 8720
74 Distribution Planning 23901
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14859
76 Double Marginalization 52205
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21995
78 Dual 5268
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20302
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37959
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48874
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7409
84 Efficient Frontier 24983
85 Engineer-to-Order 31262
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15962
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13154
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9692
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14308
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26534
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12683
102 Forward buying 29724
103 Freight Charge 10102
104 Freight Consolidation 7327
105 Gantt Chart 8117
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11422
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29185
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12429
109 Hub 23057
110 Idle Time 7867
111 Import/Export License 8483
112 In Bond Shipment 13616
113 Inbound Logistics 13221
114 Interstate System 10780
115 Inventory Costs 52774
116 Inventory in Transit 16105
117 Inventory Management 53863
118 Inventory Planning System 9586
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21931
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41412
121 JIT 2 18214
122 Job Production 26658
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8767
124 Kanban Squares 6622
125 Laid-Down Cost 9893
126 Lean Office 5808
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10738
128 Lee's Notation 8361
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13830
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36310
 
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