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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 9455
32 Buffer Stock 59112
33 Build to Stock 12889
34 Bullwhip Effect 9535
35 Business Logistics 25558
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12529
37 Capacity Management 40344
38 Capacity Utilization 14047
39 Capital Intensive 8356
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8675
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12075
42 Certified Supplier 8936
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9251
45 Co-managed Inventory 12419
46 Co-Packers 11725
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6819
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19691
50 Container Depot 10568
51 Container Freight Station 10248
52 Continuous Replenishment 19421
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12033
54 Contract Carrier 7297
55 Contract of Affreightment 11375
56 Control Charts 7928
57 Cost Flow 10226
58 Courier Service 15174
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11747
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44033
62 Date Code 18153
63 Days of Supply 19772
64 Dead on Arrival 9189
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7272
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8066
67 Detective Control 8873
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10822
70 Dispatching 24391
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34620
73 Distribution Metrics 9054
74 Distribution Planning 24145
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15159
76 Double Marginalization 52580
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22239
78 Dual 5413
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20557
80 Echelon Inventory 26134
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38207
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49562
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7574
84 Efficient Frontier 25394
85 Engineer-to-Order 31663
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16351
87 Erlang B Formula 9309
88 ETD 8290
89 Ex Works 7803
90 Exception Rate 13432
91 Exponential smoothing 9791
92 External Growth 10025
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9390
94 Field Services 7714
95 Field Warehouse 10292
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8710
97 Fishbone Diagram 14560
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26942
99 Flow Through Distribution 12266
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8131
101 FOB Destination 12978
102 Forward buying 30018
103 Freight Charge 10281
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8259
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11682
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29514
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12637
109 Hub 23357
110 Idle Time 8028
111 Import/Export License 8674
112 In Bond Shipment 13885
113 Inbound Logistics 13528
114 Interstate System 10962
115 Inventory Costs 53463
116 Inventory in Transit 16385
117 Inventory Management 54591
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22241
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42497
121 JIT 2 18396
122 Job Production 27490
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9012
124 Kanban Squares 6801
125 Laid-Down Cost 10118
126 Lean Office 5996
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8535
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14162
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37099
 
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