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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 9099
32 Buffer Stock 58012
33 Build to Stock 12621
34 Bullwhip Effect 9182
35 Business Logistics 24910
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12254
37 Capacity Management 39158
38 Capacity Utilization 13656
39 Capital Intensive 8003
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8256
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11742
42 Certified Supplier 8762
43 Channel Effectiveness 8716
44 Co-Destiny 8982
45 Co-managed Inventory 12111
46 Co-Packers 11492
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6539
48 Computer-Based Training 7444
49 Consular Invoice 19187
50 Container Depot 10279
51 Container Freight Station 10076
52 Continuous Replenishment 19110
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11742
54 Contract Carrier 7163
55 Contract of Affreightment 11132
56 Control Charts 7694
57 Cost Flow 10003
58 Courier Service 14711
59 CPFR 7936
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11459
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43055
62 Date Code 17619
63 Days of Supply 19359
64 Dead on Arrival 8841
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7037
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7793
67 Detective Control 8652
68 Devanning 13932
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10512
70 Dispatching 23454
71 Distributed Inventory 8123
72 Distribution Channel Management 33851
73 Distribution Metrics 8611
74 Distribution Planning 23815
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14755
76 Double Marginalization 52035
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21921
78 Dual 5207
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20248
80 Echelon Inventory 25790
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37869
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48608
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7356
84 Efficient Frontier 24838
85 Engineer-to-Order 31137
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15802
87 Erlang B Formula 9019
88 ETD 8033
89 Ex Works 7635
90 Exception Rate 13049
91 Exponential smoothing 9556
92 External Growth 9761
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9154
94 Field Services 7548
95 Field Warehouse 9618
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8337
97 Fishbone Diagram 14231
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26410
99 Flow Through Distribution 11978
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7856
101 FOB Destination 12594
102 Forward buying 29620
103 Freight Charge 10046
104 Freight Consolidation 7256
105 Gantt Chart 8071
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11329
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29025
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22948
110 Idle Time 7808
111 Import/Export License 8408
112 In Bond Shipment 13518
113 Inbound Logistics 13131
114 Interstate System 10743
115 Inventory Costs 52486
116 Inventory in Transit 16012
117 Inventory Management 53624
118 Inventory Planning System 9528
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21807
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40985
121 JIT 2 18158
122 Job Production 26373
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8687
124 Kanban Squares 6560
125 Laid-Down Cost 9836
126 Lean Office 5750
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10704
128 Lee's Notation 8291
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13709
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36048
 
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