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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 9237
32 Buffer Stock 58344
33 Build to Stock 12720
34 Bullwhip Effect 9291
35 Business Logistics 25115
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12328
37 Capacity Management 39587
38 Capacity Utilization 13785
39 Capital Intensive 8106
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8386
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11851
42 Certified Supplier 8816
43 Channel Effectiveness 8777
44 Co-Destiny 9049
45 Co-managed Inventory 12210
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6624
48 Computer-Based Training 7504
49 Consular Invoice 19341
50 Container Depot 10369
51 Container Freight Station 10130
52 Continuous Replenishment 19210
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11834
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11194
56 Control Charts 7768
57 Cost Flow 10075
58 Courier Service 14893
59 CPFR 8016
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11544
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43396
62 Date Code 17769
63 Days of Supply 19502
64 Dead on Arrival 8949
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7090
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7876
67 Detective Control 8701
68 Devanning 14002
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10617
70 Dispatching 23697
71 Distributed Inventory 8177
72 Distribution Channel Management 34108
73 Distribution Metrics 8741
74 Distribution Planning 23925
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14875
76 Double Marginalization 52250
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22013
78 Dual 5284
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20319
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37976
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48931
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7425
84 Efficient Frontier 25010
85 Engineer-to-Order 31290
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15984
87 Erlang B Formula 9119
88 ETD 8103
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13174
91 Exponential smoothing 9627
92 External Growth 9839
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9224
94 Field Services 7592
95 Field Warehouse 9705
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8460
97 Fishbone Diagram 14328
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26564
99 Flow Through Distribution 12068
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7945
101 FOB Destination 12705
102 Forward buying 29749
103 Freight Charge 10115
104 Freight Consolidation 7342
105 Gantt Chart 8124
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11456
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29215
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23076
110 Idle Time 7878
111 Import/Export License 8501
112 In Bond Shipment 13637
113 Inbound Logistics 13242
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52824
116 Inventory in Transit 16123
117 Inventory Management 53920
118 Inventory Planning System 9600
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21959
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41500
121 JIT 2 18229
122 Job Production 26733
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8789
124 Kanban Squares 6640
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5820
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10753
128 Lee's Notation 8375
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13861
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36359
 
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