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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 9384
32 Buffer Stock 58835
33 Build to Stock 12835
34 Bullwhip Effect 9450
35 Business Logistics 25410
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12456
37 Capacity Management 40102
38 Capacity Utilization 13955
39 Capital Intensive 8275
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8582
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12002
42 Certified Supplier 8898
43 Channel Effectiveness 8853
44 Co-Destiny 9180
45 Co-managed Inventory 12352
46 Co-Packers 11667
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6763
48 Computer-Based Training 7606
49 Consular Invoice 19561
50 Container Depot 10515
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19356
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11962
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7876
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15083
59 CPFR 8123
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11680
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43845
62 Date Code 18049
63 Days of Supply 19685
64 Dead on Arrival 9103
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7216
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8813
68 Devanning 14120
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24188
71 Distributed Inventory 8268
72 Distribution Channel Management 34462
73 Distribution Metrics 8952
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52461
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22164
78 Dual 5372
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20475
80 Echelon Inventory 26031
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38136
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49356
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7524
84 Efficient Frontier 25279
85 Engineer-to-Order 31552
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16234
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8232
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13342
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9957
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9336
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9913
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8639
97 Fishbone Diagram 14500
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26822
99 Flow Through Distribution 12200
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8068
101 FOB Destination 12907
102 Forward buying 29920
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7442
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11605
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29403
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23268
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8617
112 In Bond Shipment 13788
113 Inbound Logistics 13434
114 Interstate System 10904
115 Inventory Costs 53266
116 Inventory in Transit 16303
117 Inventory Management 54404
118 Inventory Planning System 9703
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22151
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42174
121 JIT 2 18341
122 Job Production 27242
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8943
124 Kanban Squares 6752
125 Laid-Down Cost 10043
126 Lean Office 5942
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8485
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14065
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36865
 
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