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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 9505
32 Buffer Stock 59197
33 Build to Stock 12965
34 Bullwhip Effect 9619
35 Business Logistics 25662
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12562
37 Capacity Management 40454
38 Capacity Utilization 14089
39 Capital Intensive 8394
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8719
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12115
42 Certified Supplier 8961
43 Channel Effectiveness 8919
44 Co-Destiny 9287
45 Co-managed Inventory 12510
46 Co-Packers 11756
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6861
48 Computer-Based Training 7685
49 Consular Invoice 19758
50 Container Depot 10599
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19504
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12070
54 Contract Carrier 7315
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7954
57 Cost Flow 10261
58 Courier Service 15217
59 CPFR 8209
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11784
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44119
62 Date Code 18204
63 Days of Supply 19819
64 Dead on Arrival 9271
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8092
67 Detective Control 8901
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10902
70 Dispatching 24477
71 Distributed Inventory 8346
72 Distribution Channel Management 34698
73 Distribution Metrics 9098
74 Distribution Planning 24184
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15199
76 Double Marginalization 52668
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22324
78 Dual 5436
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20592
80 Echelon Inventory 26185
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49684
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7607
84 Efficient Frontier 25449
85 Engineer-to-Order 31717
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16453
87 Erlang B Formula 9336
88 ETD 8321
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13477
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9462
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10411
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8744
97 Fishbone Diagram 14596
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27004
99 Flow Through Distribution 12300
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
101 FOB Destination 13011
102 Forward buying 30104
103 Freight Charge 10361
104 Freight Consolidation 7518
105 Gantt Chart 8280
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11720
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29569
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12670
109 Hub 23406
110 Idle Time 8060
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13935
113 Inbound Logistics 13569
114 Interstate System 10991
115 Inventory Costs 53579
116 Inventory in Transit 16477
117 Inventory Management 54724
118 Inventory Planning System 9819
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22283
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42646
121 JIT 2 18428
122 Job Production 27622
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9093
124 Kanban Squares 6822
125 Laid-Down Cost 10167
126 Lean Office 6078
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10847
128 Lee's Notation 8560
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14210
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37214
 
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