1. Business Concepts
    2. ›
  2. Operations and Supply Chain

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.

Title Filter 
# Name Hits
31 Bottleneck 9366
32 Buffer Stock 58768
33 Build to Stock 12820
34 Bullwhip Effect 9429
35 Business Logistics 25372
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12442
37 Capacity Management 40049
38 Capacity Utilization 13929
39 Capital Intensive 8252
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8557
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11982
42 Certified Supplier 8887
43 Channel Effectiveness 8846
44 Co-Destiny 9160
45 Co-managed Inventory 12332
46 Co-Packers 11654
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6739
48 Computer-Based Training 7590
49 Consular Invoice 19538
50 Container Depot 10494
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19339
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11947
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11302
56 Control Charts 7863
57 Cost Flow 10164
58 Courier Service 15065
59 CPFR 8117
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11661
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43785
62 Date Code 18016
63 Days of Supply 19670
64 Dead on Arrival 9087
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7200
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7989
67 Detective Control 8798
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10740
70 Dispatching 24118
71 Distributed Inventory 8256
72 Distribution Channel Management 34409
73 Distribution Metrics 8927
74 Distribution Planning 24052
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15040
76 Double Marginalization 52428
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22146
78 Dual 5364
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20456
80 Echelon Inventory 26002
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38117
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49305
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7511
84 Efficient Frontier 25240
85 Engineer-to-Order 31519
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16199
87 Erlang B Formula 9230
88 ETD 8213
89 Ex Works 7753
90 Exception Rate 13319
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9319
94 Field Services 7661
95 Field Warehouse 9854
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8613
97 Fishbone Diagram 14478
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26790
99 Flow Through Distribution 12178
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8050
101 FOB Destination 12883
102 Forward buying 29896
103 Freight Charge 10218
104 Freight Consolidation 7432
105 Gantt Chart 8206
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11588
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29376
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12559
109 Hub 23239
110 Idle Time 7966
111 Import/Export License 8605
112 In Bond Shipment 13766
113 Inbound Logistics 13409
114 Interstate System 10886
115 Inventory Costs 53203
116 Inventory in Transit 16284
117 Inventory Management 54335
118 Inventory Planning System 9689
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22124
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42075
121 JIT 2 18325
122 Job Production 27177
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8927
124 Kanban Squares 6742
125 Laid-Down Cost 10024
126 Lean Office 5927
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8466
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14038
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36803
 
Page 1 of 3