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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 9427
32 Buffer Stock 58979
33 Build to Stock 12862
34 Bullwhip Effect 9489
35 Business Logistics 25478
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12492
37 Capacity Management 40215
38 Capacity Utilization 13997
39 Capital Intensive 8315
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8622
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12040
42 Certified Supplier 8919
43 Channel Effectiveness 8873
44 Co-Destiny 9212
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11692
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6786
48 Computer-Based Training 7632
49 Consular Invoice 19626
50 Container Depot 10542
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19389
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11997
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11340
56 Control Charts 7899
57 Cost Flow 10199
58 Courier Service 15123
59 CPFR 8152
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11711
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43943
62 Date Code 18092
63 Days of Supply 19724
64 Dead on Arrival 9146
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7241
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8032
67 Detective Control 8846
68 Devanning 14150
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10791
70 Dispatching 24296
71 Distributed Inventory 8295
72 Distribution Channel Management 34528
73 Distribution Metrics 9006
74 Distribution Planning 24108
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15109
76 Double Marginalization 52517
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22199
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20513
80 Echelon Inventory 26080
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49458
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7551
84 Efficient Frontier 25326
85 Engineer-to-Order 31608
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16285
87 Erlang B Formula 9278
88 ETD 8264
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13387
91 Exponential smoothing 9767
92 External Growth 9991
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9358
94 Field Services 7695
95 Field Warehouse 10097
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8678
97 Fishbone Diagram 14524
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26878
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8094
101 FOB Destination 12945
102 Forward buying 29969
103 Freight Charge 10258
104 Freight Consolidation 7471
105 Gantt Chart 8233
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11642
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29457
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12606
109 Hub 23305
110 Idle Time 8000
111 Import/Export License 8647
112 In Bond Shipment 13831
113 Inbound Logistics 13479
114 Interstate System 10933
115 Inventory Costs 53358
116 Inventory in Transit 16340
117 Inventory Management 54495
118 Inventory Planning System 9728
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22194
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42338
121 JIT 2 18369
122 Job Production 27350
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8976
124 Kanban Squares 6771
125 Laid-Down Cost 10077
126 Lean Office 5966
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10821
128 Lee's Notation 8510
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14112
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36977
 
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