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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 9124
32 Buffer Stock 58074
33 Build to Stock 12637
34 Bullwhip Effect 9204
35 Business Logistics 24942
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12265
37 Capacity Management 39220
38 Capacity Utilization 13671
39 Capital Intensive 8023
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8277
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11762
42 Certified Supplier 8772
43 Channel Effectiveness 8725
44 Co-Destiny 8990
45 Co-managed Inventory 12124
46 Co-Packers 11503
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6552
48 Computer-Based Training 7449
49 Consular Invoice 19214
50 Container Depot 10297
51 Container Freight Station 10082
52 Continuous Replenishment 19129
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11752
54 Contract Carrier 7173
55 Contract of Affreightment 11141
56 Control Charts 7709
57 Cost Flow 10015
58 Courier Service 14747
59 CPFR 7944
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11469
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43116
62 Date Code 17640
63 Days of Supply 19375
64 Dead on Arrival 8856
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7042
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7804
67 Detective Control 8658
68 Devanning 13941
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10540
70 Dispatching 23494
71 Distributed Inventory 8133
72 Distribution Channel Management 33893
73 Distribution Metrics 8637
74 Distribution Planning 23828
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14780
76 Double Marginalization 52074
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21935
78 Dual 5217
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20263
80 Echelon Inventory 25801
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37886
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48664
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7367
84 Efficient Frontier 24864
85 Engineer-to-Order 31166
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15829
87 Erlang B Formula 9035
88 ETD 8047
89 Ex Works 7642
90 Exception Rate 13073
91 Exponential smoothing 9570
92 External Growth 9772
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9164
94 Field Services 7559
95 Field Warehouse 9632
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8355
97 Fishbone Diagram 14248
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26433
99 Flow Through Distribution 11987
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7873
101 FOB Destination 12616
102 Forward buying 29639
103 Freight Charge 10053
104 Freight Consolidation 7272
105 Gantt Chart 8081
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11344
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29057
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12385
109 Hub 22968
110 Idle Time 7822
111 Import/Export License 8424
112 In Bond Shipment 13544
113 Inbound Logistics 13150
114 Interstate System 10749
115 Inventory Costs 52537
116 Inventory in Transit 16023
117 Inventory Management 53673
118 Inventory Planning System 9538
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21822
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41075
121 JIT 2 18171
122 Job Production 26415
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8707
124 Kanban Squares 6575
125 Laid-Down Cost 9849
126 Lean Office 5763
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10711
128 Lee's Notation 8304
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13737
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36101
 
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