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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 9545
32 Buffer Stock 59331
33 Build to Stock 13036
34 Bullwhip Effect 9694
35 Business Logistics 25774
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12587
37 Capacity Management 40605
38 Capacity Utilization 14129
39 Capital Intensive 8435
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8767
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12156
42 Certified Supplier 8978
43 Channel Effectiveness 8947
44 Co-Destiny 9320
45 Co-managed Inventory 12580
46 Co-Packers 11801
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6899
48 Computer-Based Training 7705
49 Consular Invoice 19827
50 Container Depot 10626
51 Container Freight Station 10294
52 Continuous Replenishment 19583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11434
56 Control Charts 7978
57 Cost Flow 10293
58 Courier Service 15265
59 CPFR 8242
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11821
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44205
62 Date Code 18266
63 Days of Supply 19860
64 Dead on Arrival 9345
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7328
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8129
67 Detective Control 8928
68 Devanning 14230
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10984
70 Dispatching 24558
71 Distributed Inventory 8373
72 Distribution Channel Management 34794
73 Distribution Metrics 9140
74 Distribution Planning 24226
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15241
76 Double Marginalization 52782
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22405
78 Dual 5456
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20635
80 Echelon Inventory 26237
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38294
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49785
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7633
84 Efficient Frontier 25517
85 Engineer-to-Order 31783
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16554
87 Erlang B Formula 9364
88 ETD 8345
89 Ex Works 7849
90 Exception Rate 13514
91 Exponential smoothing 9843
92 External Growth 10096
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7756
95 Field Warehouse 10539
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8791
97 Fishbone Diagram 14628
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27072
99 Flow Through Distribution 12332
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8198
101 FOB Destination 13059
102 Forward buying 30200
103 Freight Charge 10426
104 Freight Consolidation 7544
105 Gantt Chart 8303
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11753
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29614
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12708
109 Hub 23460
110 Idle Time 8086
111 Import/Export License 8740
112 In Bond Shipment 13985
113 Inbound Logistics 13613
114 Interstate System 11026
115 Inventory Costs 53719
116 Inventory in Transit 16558
117 Inventory Management 54873
118 Inventory Planning System 9888
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22329
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42830
121 JIT 2 18461
122 Job Production 27755
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9163
124 Kanban Squares 6855
125 Laid-Down Cost 10214
126 Lean Office 6142
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10869
128 Lee's Notation 8582
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14266
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37333
 
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