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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 9297
32 Buffer Stock 58574
33 Build to Stock 12765
34 Bullwhip Effect 9357
35 Business Logistics 25240
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12376
37 Capacity Management 39817
38 Capacity Utilization 13855
39 Capital Intensive 8180
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8472
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11919
42 Certified Supplier 8846
43 Channel Effectiveness 8807
44 Co-Destiny 9096
45 Co-managed Inventory 12267
46 Co-Packers 11598
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6681
48 Computer-Based Training 7544
49 Consular Invoice 19428
50 Container Depot 10431
51 Container Freight Station 10161
52 Continuous Replenishment 19272
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11890
54 Contract Carrier 7225
55 Contract of Affreightment 11252
56 Control Charts 7809
57 Cost Flow 10120
58 Courier Service 14979
59 CPFR 8062
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11600
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43612
62 Date Code 17885
63 Days of Supply 19582
64 Dead on Arrival 9018
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7137
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7923
67 Detective Control 8746
68 Devanning 14056
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10673
70 Dispatching 23906
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34263
73 Distribution Metrics 8833
74 Distribution Planning 23983
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14960
76 Double Marginalization 52337
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22078
78 Dual 5321
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20384
80 Echelon Inventory 25933
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38045
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49134
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7459
84 Efficient Frontier 25123
85 Engineer-to-Order 31403
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16084
87 Erlang B Formula 9164
88 ETD 8151
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13236
91 Exponential smoothing 9672
92 External Growth 9879
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9266
94 Field Services 7628
95 Field Warehouse 9749
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8537
97 Fishbone Diagram 14407
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26675
99 Flow Through Distribution 12121
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7997
101 FOB Destination 12796
102 Forward buying 29827
103 Freight Charge 10161
104 Freight Consolidation 7385
105 Gantt Chart 8164
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11517
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29287
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12493
109 Hub 23158
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8553
112 In Bond Shipment 13707
113 Inbound Logistics 13318
114 Interstate System 10828
115 Inventory Costs 53020
116 Inventory in Transit 16202
117 Inventory Management 54102
118 Inventory Planning System 9642
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22046
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41760
121 JIT 2 18278
122 Job Production 26933
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8858
124 Kanban Squares 6691
125 Laid-Down Cost 9954
126 Lean Office 5874
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10770
128 Lee's Notation 8417
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13938
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36560
 
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