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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 9513
32 Buffer Stock 59210
33 Build to Stock 12985
34 Bullwhip Effect 9640
35 Business Logistics 25688
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12565
37 Capacity Management 40475
38 Capacity Utilization 14092
39 Capital Intensive 8403
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8725
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12123
42 Certified Supplier 8963
43 Channel Effectiveness 8923
44 Co-Destiny 9291
45 Co-managed Inventory 12530
46 Co-Packers 11761
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6865
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19764
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10272
52 Continuous Replenishment 19525
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11406
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15224
59 CPFR 8214
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11791
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44129
62 Date Code 18212
63 Days of Supply 19826
64 Dead on Arrival 9292
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7305
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8100
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14205
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10923
70 Dispatching 24487
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34717
73 Distribution Metrics 9103
74 Distribution Planning 24189
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15204
76 Double Marginalization 52690
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22346
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20598
80 Echelon Inventory 26193
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38252
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49695
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25464
85 Engineer-to-Order 31725
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16474
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13482
91 Exponential smoothing 9826
92 External Growth 10068
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9482
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10425
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8750
97 Fishbone Diagram 14600
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27012
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8169
101 FOB Destination 13018
102 Forward buying 30125
103 Freight Charge 10380
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11724
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29573
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12673
109 Hub 23413
110 Idle Time 8063
111 Import/Export License 8711
112 In Bond Shipment 13938
113 Inbound Logistics 13574
114 Interstate System 10996
115 Inventory Costs 53602
116 Inventory in Transit 16499
117 Inventory Management 54753
118 Inventory Planning System 9838
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22286
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42670
121 JIT 2 18433
122 Job Production 27636
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9112
124 Kanban Squares 6825
125 Laid-Down Cost 10175
126 Lean Office 6096
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10850
128 Lee's Notation 8565
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14216
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37237
 
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