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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 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59232
33 Build to Stock 13013
34 Bullwhip Effect 9669
35 Business Logistics 25719
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12568
37 Capacity Management 40503
38 Capacity Utilization 14102
39 Capital Intensive 8408
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8733
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12129
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8927
44 Co-Destiny 9297
45 Co-managed Inventory 12557
46 Co-Packers 11769
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6870
48 Computer-Based Training 7691
49 Consular Invoice 19777
50 Container Depot 10606
51 Container Freight Station 10275
52 Continuous Replenishment 19554
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12075
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11413
56 Control Charts 7961
57 Cost Flow 10272
58 Courier Service 15230
59 CPFR 8220
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11796
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44139
62 Date Code 18222
63 Days of Supply 19833
64 Dead on Arrival 9317
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8104
67 Detective Control 8909
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10950
70 Dispatching 24507
71 Distributed Inventory 8354
72 Distribution Channel Management 34734
73 Distribution Metrics 9112
74 Distribution Planning 24199
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15209
76 Double Marginalization 52720
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22375
78 Dual 5440
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20608
80 Echelon Inventory 26201
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38261
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49713
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25476
85 Engineer-to-Order 31734
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16507
87 Erlang B Formula 9344
88 ETD 8328
89 Ex Works 7833
90 Exception Rate 13488
91 Exponential smoothing 9829
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9509
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10444
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8757
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27023
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8174
101 FOB Destination 13029
102 Forward buying 30156
103 Freight Charge 10407
104 Freight Consolidation 7529
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11731
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29581
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12682
109 Hub 23428
110 Idle Time 8068
111 Import/Export License 8717
112 In Bond Shipment 13947
113 Inbound Logistics 13579
114 Interstate System 11001
115 Inventory Costs 53619
116 Inventory in Transit 16528
117 Inventory Management 54788
118 Inventory Planning System 9866
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22293
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42704
121 JIT 2 18439
122 Job Production 27659
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9140
124 Kanban Squares 6833
125 Laid-Down Cost 10185
126 Lean Office 6122
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10857
128 Lee's Notation 8568
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14224
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37271
 
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