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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 9444
32 Buffer Stock 59067
33 Build to Stock 12880
34 Bullwhip Effect 9509
35 Business Logistics 25523
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12511
37 Capacity Management 40303
38 Capacity Utilization 14022
39 Capital Intensive 8338
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8650
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12059
42 Certified Supplier 8931
43 Channel Effectiveness 8885
44 Co-Destiny 9236
45 Co-managed Inventory 12406
46 Co-Packers 11713
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6805
48 Computer-Based Training 7646
49 Consular Invoice 19668
50 Container Depot 10559
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19408
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12017
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11359
56 Control Charts 7914
57 Cost Flow 10215
58 Courier Service 15159
59 CPFR 8170
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11730
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43999
62 Date Code 18130
63 Days of Supply 19752
64 Dead on Arrival 9175
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7259
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8054
67 Detective Control 8863
68 Devanning 14165
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10814
70 Dispatching 24350
71 Distributed Inventory 8304
72 Distribution Channel Management 34580
73 Distribution Metrics 9030
74 Distribution Planning 24130
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15141
76 Double Marginalization 52554
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22226
78 Dual 5403
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20535
80 Echelon Inventory 26111
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38195
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49512
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7566
84 Efficient Frontier 25368
85 Engineer-to-Order 31639
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16326
87 Erlang B Formula 9301
88 ETD 8279
89 Ex Works 7797
90 Exception Rate 13414
91 Exponential smoothing 9781
92 External Growth 10013
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9376
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10212
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8698
97 Fishbone Diagram 14549
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26916
99 Flow Through Distribution 12255
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12965
102 Forward buying 29997
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7486
105 Gantt Chart 8250
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29488
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23339
110 Idle Time 8016
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13866
113 Inbound Logistics 13506
114 Interstate System 10951
115 Inventory Costs 53415
116 Inventory in Transit 16368
117 Inventory Management 54551
118 Inventory Planning System 9739
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22224
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42441
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27425
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8999
124 Kanban Squares 6790
125 Laid-Down Cost 10104
126 Lean Office 5977
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10829
128 Lee's Notation 8523
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14144
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37056
 
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