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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 9435
32 Buffer Stock 59024
33 Build to Stock 12870
34 Bullwhip Effect 9498
35 Business Logistics 25498
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12500
37 Capacity Management 40251
38 Capacity Utilization 14010
39 Capital Intensive 8327
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8633
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9220
45 Co-managed Inventory 12396
46 Co-Packers 11705
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6797
48 Computer-Based Training 7640
49 Consular Invoice 19645
50 Container Depot 10549
51 Container Freight Station 10236
52 Continuous Replenishment 19400
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12008
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11349
56 Control Charts 7908
57 Cost Flow 10210
58 Courier Service 15140
59 CPFR 8161
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11723
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43971
62 Date Code 18108
63 Days of Supply 19742
64 Dead on Arrival 9157
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7252
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8046
67 Detective Control 8855
68 Devanning 14158
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10800
70 Dispatching 24325
71 Distributed Inventory 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34549
73 Distribution Metrics 9018
74 Distribution Planning 24121
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15124
76 Double Marginalization 52530
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22213
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26092
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38184
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49480
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7560
84 Efficient Frontier 25347
85 Engineer-to-Order 31622
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16307
87 Erlang B Formula 9290
88 ETD 8270
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13402
91 Exponential smoothing 9773
92 External Growth 10004
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9370
94 Field Services 7701
95 Field Warehouse 10152
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14534
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26890
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8107
101 FOB Destination 12955
102 Forward buying 29979
103 Freight Charge 10265
104 Freight Consolidation 7478
105 Gantt Chart 8241
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11653
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29469
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12614
109 Hub 23321
110 Idle Time 8008
111 Import/Export License 8655
112 In Bond Shipment 13848
113 Inbound Logistics 13491
114 Interstate System 10943
115 Inventory Costs 53382
116 Inventory in Transit 16354
117 Inventory Management 54515
118 Inventory Planning System 9733
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22211
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42378
121 JIT 2 18379
122 Job Production 27382
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8987
124 Kanban Squares 6782
125 Laid-Down Cost 10091
126 Lean Office 5970
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10825
128 Lee's Notation 8515
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14123
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37015
 
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