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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 9433
32 Buffer Stock 59011
33 Build to Stock 12869
34 Bullwhip Effect 9496
35 Business Logistics 25490
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12499
37 Capacity Management 40243
38 Capacity Utilization 14004
39 Capital Intensive 8326
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8629
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12049
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8880
44 Co-Destiny 9218
45 Co-managed Inventory 12394
46 Co-Packers 11702
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6796
48 Computer-Based Training 7638
49 Consular Invoice 19640
50 Container Depot 10547
51 Container Freight Station 10234
52 Continuous Replenishment 19394
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12006
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11347
56 Control Charts 7905
57 Cost Flow 10207
58 Courier Service 15136
59 CPFR 8159
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11719
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43959
62 Date Code 18105
63 Days of Supply 19737
64 Dead on Arrival 9152
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7249
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8043
67 Detective Control 8853
68 Devanning 14155
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10799
70 Dispatching 24316
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34543
73 Distribution Metrics 9016
74 Distribution Planning 24116
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15120
76 Double Marginalization 52527
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22210
78 Dual 5394
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20524
80 Echelon Inventory 26090
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38180
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49475
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7558
84 Efficient Frontier 25346
85 Engineer-to-Order 31616
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16302
87 Erlang B Formula 9285
88 ETD 8269
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13400
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 10000
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9365
94 Field Services 7700
95 Field Warehouse 10139
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8685
97 Fishbone Diagram 14531
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26885
99 Flow Through Distribution 12242
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8104
101 FOB Destination 12951
102 Forward buying 29976
103 Freight Charge 10262
104 Freight Consolidation 7475
105 Gantt Chart 8239
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11649
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29467
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12613
109 Hub 23320
110 Idle Time 8005
111 Import/Export License 8652
112 In Bond Shipment 13842
113 Inbound Logistics 13486
114 Interstate System 10940
115 Inventory Costs 53375
116 Inventory in Transit 16350
117 Inventory Management 54510
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22207
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42364
121 JIT 2 18376
122 Job Production 27373
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8983
124 Kanban Squares 6779
125 Laid-Down Cost 10086
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10824
128 Lee's Notation 8514
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14119
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37006
 
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