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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 9677
32 Buffer Stock 59622
33 Build to Stock 13130
34 Bullwhip Effect 9819
35 Business Logistics 26003
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41045
38 Capacity Utilization 14265
39 Capital Intensive 8561
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8914
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12263
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9033
44 Co-Destiny 9416
45 Co-managed Inventory 12698
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6995
48 Computer-Based Training 7782
49 Consular Invoice 19985
50 Container Depot 10709
51 Container Freight Station 10360
52 Continuous Replenishment 19694
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12195
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11526
56 Control Charts 8048
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15389
59 CPFR 8321
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11916
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44474
62 Date Code 18500
63 Days of Supply 19991
64 Dead on Arrival 9473
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7407
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8234
67 Detective Control 9026
68 Devanning 14327
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11091
70 Dispatching 24768
71 Distributed Inventory 8456
72 Distribution Channel Management 35094
73 Distribution Metrics 9293
74 Distribution Planning 24356
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15392
76 Double Marginalization 52982
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22539
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26393
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38421
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50112
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25695
85 Engineer-to-Order 31946
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16759
87 Erlang B Formula 9458
88 ETD 8428
89 Ex Works 7921
90 Exception Rate 13652
91 Exponential smoothing 9925
92 External Growth 10205
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9631
94 Field Services 7814
95 Field Warehouse 10914
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8945
97 Fishbone Diagram 14740
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27289
99 Flow Through Distribution 12452
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8305
101 FOB Destination 13194
102 Forward buying 30388
103 Freight Charge 10510
104 Freight Consolidation 7615
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11883
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29746
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12814
109 Hub 23594
110 Idle Time 8164
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14103
113 Inbound Logistics 13726
114 Interstate System 11115
115 Inventory Costs 54033
116 Inventory in Transit 16697
117 Inventory Management 55198
118 Inventory Planning System 9970
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22479
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43318
121 JIT 2 18554
122 Job Production 28170
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9252
124 Kanban Squares 6957
125 Laid-Down Cost 10350
126 Lean Office 6231
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10916
128 Lee's Notation 8647
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14433
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37602
 
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