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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 9594
32 Buffer Stock 59469
33 Build to Stock 13072
34 Bullwhip Effect 9733
35 Business Logistics 25852
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12625
37 Capacity Management 40794
38 Capacity Utilization 14172
39 Capital Intensive 8490
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8824
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12204
42 Certified Supplier 9007
43 Channel Effectiveness 8979
44 Co-Destiny 9353
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11831
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6935
48 Computer-Based Training 7735
49 Consular Invoice 19896
50 Container Depot 10657
51 Container Freight Station 10315
52 Continuous Replenishment 19627
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12137
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11466
56 Control Charts 8007
57 Cost Flow 10335
58 Courier Service 15311
59 CPFR 8273
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11860
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44298
62 Date Code 18335
63 Days of Supply 19917
64 Dead on Arrival 9400
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7354
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8173
67 Detective Control 8961
68 Devanning 14273
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11023
70 Dispatching 24634
71 Distributed Inventory 8409
72 Distribution Channel Management 34923
73 Distribution Metrics 9205
74 Distribution Planning 24272
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15300
76 Double Marginalization 52860
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22461
78 Dual 5478
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20679
80 Echelon Inventory 26277
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38332
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49916
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7667
84 Efficient Frontier 25586
85 Engineer-to-Order 31847
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16631
87 Erlang B Formula 9401
88 ETD 8375
89 Ex Works 7878
90 Exception Rate 13567
91 Exponential smoothing 9871
92 External Growth 10143
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9572
94 Field Services 7778
95 Field Warehouse 10674
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8856
97 Fishbone Diagram 14674
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27163
99 Flow Through Distribution 12378
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8235
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30291
103 Freight Charge 10459
104 Freight Consolidation 7579
105 Gantt Chart 8332
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11800
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29666
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12751
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8118
111 Import/Export License 8781
112 In Bond Shipment 14033
113 Inbound Logistics 13657
114 Interstate System 11065
115 Inventory Costs 53852
116 Inventory in Transit 16603
117 Inventory Management 54997
118 Inventory Planning System 9918
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22378
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43089
121 JIT 2 18500
122 Job Production 27914
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9196
124 Kanban Squares 6890
125 Laid-Down Cost 10276
126 Lean Office 6177
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10891
128 Lee's Notation 8616
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14333
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37436
 
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