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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 9431
32 Buffer Stock 59002
33 Build to Stock 12867
34 Bullwhip Effect 9494
35 Business Logistics 25485
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12498
37 Capacity Management 40234
38 Capacity Utilization 14003
39 Capital Intensive 8325
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8626
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12047
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8879
44 Co-Destiny 9217
45 Co-managed Inventory 12391
46 Co-Packers 11700
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6795
48 Computer-Based Training 7636
49 Consular Invoice 19639
50 Container Depot 10546
51 Container Freight Station 10233
52 Continuous Replenishment 19393
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12004
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11344
56 Control Charts 7904
57 Cost Flow 10205
58 Courier Service 15134
59 CPFR 8157
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11718
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43954
62 Date Code 18103
63 Days of Supply 19734
64 Dead on Arrival 9150
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7248
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8042
67 Detective Control 8851
68 Devanning 14154
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10796
70 Dispatching 24307
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34537
73 Distribution Metrics 9013
74 Distribution Planning 24115
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15118
76 Double Marginalization 52524
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22209
78 Dual 5391
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20523
80 Echelon Inventory 26087
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38178
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49469
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7557
84 Efficient Frontier 25343
85 Engineer-to-Order 31614
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16298
87 Erlang B Formula 9282
88 ETD 8268
89 Ex Works 7787
90 Exception Rate 13396
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 9998
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9364
94 Field Services 7699
95 Field Warehouse 10128
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8682
97 Fishbone Diagram 14529
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26882
99 Flow Through Distribution 12239
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8103
101 FOB Destination 12950
102 Forward buying 29972
103 Freight Charge 10261
104 Freight Consolidation 7474
105 Gantt Chart 8237
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11649
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29463
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12613
109 Hub 23316
110 Idle Time 8004
111 Import/Export License 8651
112 In Bond Shipment 13839
113 Inbound Logistics 13486
114 Interstate System 10938
115 Inventory Costs 53373
116 Inventory in Transit 16349
117 Inventory Management 54506
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22206
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42359
121 JIT 2 18375
122 Job Production 27366
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8982
124 Kanban Squares 6778
125 Laid-Down Cost 10085
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10824
128 Lee's Notation 8513
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14118
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36999
 
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