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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 9439
32 Buffer Stock 59036
33 Build to Stock 12874
34 Bullwhip Effect 9502
35 Business Logistics 25503
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12503
37 Capacity Management 40270
38 Capacity Utilization 14014
39 Capital Intensive 8330
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8639
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12051
42 Certified Supplier 8928
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9225
45 Co-managed Inventory 12398
46 Co-Packers 11707
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6799
48 Computer-Based Training 7641
49 Consular Invoice 19652
50 Container Depot 10552
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19402
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12012
54 Contract Carrier 7291
55 Contract of Affreightment 11353
56 Control Charts 7911
57 Cost Flow 10212
58 Courier Service 15149
59 CPFR 8162
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11725
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43981
62 Date Code 18116
63 Days of Supply 19746
64 Dead on Arrival 9163
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7255
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8047
67 Detective Control 8859
68 Devanning 14160
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10805
70 Dispatching 24335
71 Distributed Inventory 8300
72 Distribution Channel Management 34559
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24126
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15127
76 Double Marginalization 52540
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22217
78 Dual 5399
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20527
80 Echelon Inventory 26098
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38187
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49489
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7562
84 Efficient Frontier 25357
85 Engineer-to-Order 31628
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16313
87 Erlang B Formula 9295
88 ETD 8274
89 Ex Works 7790
90 Exception Rate 13405
91 Exponential smoothing 9776
92 External Growth 10009
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9373
94 Field Services 7703
95 Field Warehouse 10177
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8690
97 Fishbone Diagram 14540
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26900
99 Flow Through Distribution 12245
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8111
101 FOB Destination 12957
102 Forward buying 29984
103 Freight Charge 10266
104 Freight Consolidation 7480
105 Gantt Chart 8244
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11655
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29477
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12620
109 Hub 23326
110 Idle Time 8009
111 Import/Export License 8657
112 In Bond Shipment 13854
113 Inbound Logistics 13495
114 Interstate System 10946
115 Inventory Costs 53398
116 Inventory in Transit 16357
117 Inventory Management 54530
118 Inventory Planning System 9733
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22215
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42392
121 JIT 2 18380
122 Job Production 27400
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8991
124 Kanban Squares 6784
125 Laid-Down Cost 10094
126 Lean Office 5975
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8516
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14128
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37028
 
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