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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 9664
32 Buffer Stock 59582
33 Build to Stock 13114
34 Bullwhip Effect 9804
35 Business Logistics 25977
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12671
37 Capacity Management 40981
38 Capacity Utilization 14242
39 Capital Intensive 8547
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8895
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12251
42 Certified Supplier 9042
43 Channel Effectiveness 9026
44 Co-Destiny 9402
45 Co-managed Inventory 12678
46 Co-Packers 11876
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6982
48 Computer-Based Training 7774
49 Consular Invoice 19970
50 Container Depot 10700
51 Container Freight Station 10350
52 Continuous Replenishment 19678
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12183
54 Contract Carrier 7376
55 Contract of Affreightment 11510
56 Control Charts 8044
57 Cost Flow 10380
58 Courier Service 15378
59 CPFR 8315
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11909
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44430
62 Date Code 18462
63 Days of Supply 19976
64 Dead on Arrival 9461
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7396
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8220
67 Detective Control 9012
68 Devanning 14320
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11076
70 Dispatching 24736
71 Distributed Inventory 8449
72 Distribution Channel Management 35062
73 Distribution Metrics 9274
74 Distribution Planning 24340
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15375
76 Double Marginalization 52960
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22524
78 Dual 5504
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20734
80 Echelon Inventory 26359
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38400
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50063
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7711
84 Efficient Frontier 25669
85 Engineer-to-Order 31924
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16724
87 Erlang B Formula 9445
88 ETD 8416
89 Ex Works 7912
90 Exception Rate 13636
91 Exponential smoothing 9916
92 External Growth 10195
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9620
94 Field Services 7806
95 Field Warehouse 10867
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8923
97 Fishbone Diagram 14727
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27267
99 Flow Through Distribution 12434
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8290
101 FOB Destination 13169
102 Forward buying 30365
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8358
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11865
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12801
109 Hub 23584
110 Idle Time 8156
111 Import/Export License 8821
112 In Bond Shipment 14090
113 Inbound Logistics 13710
114 Interstate System 11106
115 Inventory Costs 54000
116 Inventory in Transit 16681
117 Inventory Management 55151
118 Inventory Planning System 9961
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22454
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43257
121 JIT 2 18543
122 Job Production 28111
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9242
124 Kanban Squares 6946
125 Laid-Down Cost 10338
126 Lean Office 6220
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10907
128 Lee's Notation 8640
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14411
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37563
 
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