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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 9121
32 Buffer Stock 58059
33 Build to Stock 12634
34 Bullwhip Effect 9201
35 Business Logistics 24934
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12263
37 Capacity Management 39211
38 Capacity Utilization 13670
39 Capital Intensive 8017
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8271
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11758
42 Certified Supplier 8771
43 Channel Effectiveness 8724
44 Co-Destiny 8989
45 Co-managed Inventory 12123
46 Co-Packers 11501
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6551
48 Computer-Based Training 7447
49 Consular Invoice 19209
50 Container Depot 10296
51 Container Freight Station 10080
52 Continuous Replenishment 19125
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11750
54 Contract Carrier 7173
55 Contract of Affreightment 11141
56 Control Charts 7707
57 Cost Flow 10014
58 Courier Service 14741
59 CPFR 7942
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11466
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43097
62 Date Code 17636
63 Days of Supply 19374
64 Dead on Arrival 8850
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7041
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7802
67 Detective Control 8656
68 Devanning 13940
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10537
70 Dispatching 23487
71 Distributed Inventory 8130
72 Distribution Channel Management 33881
73 Distribution Metrics 8631
74 Distribution Planning 23826
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14774
76 Double Marginalization 52069
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21930
78 Dual 5216
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20262
80 Echelon Inventory 25798
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37884
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48653
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7363
84 Efficient Frontier 24855
85 Engineer-to-Order 31159
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15822
87 Erlang B Formula 9033
88 ETD 8042
89 Ex Works 7642
90 Exception Rate 13070
91 Exponential smoothing 9568
92 External Growth 9767
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7558
95 Field Warehouse 9630
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8353
97 Fishbone Diagram 14243
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26430
99 Flow Through Distribution 11986
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7869
101 FOB Destination 12612
102 Forward buying 29631
103 Freight Charge 10051
104 Freight Consolidation 7270
105 Gantt Chart 8074
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11343
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29050
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12383
109 Hub 22962
110 Idle Time 7819
111 Import/Export License 8420
112 In Bond Shipment 13539
113 Inbound Logistics 13147
114 Interstate System 10748
115 Inventory Costs 52519
116 Inventory in Transit 16022
117 Inventory Management 53666
118 Inventory Planning System 9537
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21821
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41054
121 JIT 2 18169
122 Job Production 26404
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8705
124 Kanban Squares 6575
125 Laid-Down Cost 9845
126 Lean Office 5761
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10710
128 Lee's Notation 8303
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13732
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36090
 
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