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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 9212
32 Buffer Stock 58288
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9278
35 Business Logistics 25075
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12310
37 Capacity Management 39498
38 Capacity Utilization 13759
39 Capital Intensive 8089
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8362
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11830
42 Certified Supplier 8801
43 Channel Effectiveness 8770
44 Co-Destiny 9039
45 Co-managed Inventory 12191
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6606
48 Computer-Based Training 7485
49 Consular Invoice 19318
50 Container Depot 10351
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19192
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11813
54 Contract Carrier 7197
55 Contract of Affreightment 11181
56 Control Charts 7752
57 Cost Flow 10061
58 Courier Service 14849
59 CPFR 8002
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11529
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43329
62 Date Code 17738
63 Days of Supply 19469
64 Dead on Arrival 8932
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7080
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7859
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13989
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10596
70 Dispatching 23644
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34058
73 Distribution Metrics 8720
74 Distribution Planning 23901
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14857
76 Double Marginalization 52201
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21995
78 Dual 5267
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20301
80 Echelon Inventory 25863
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37959
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48872
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7408
84 Efficient Frontier 24979
85 Engineer-to-Order 31261
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15960
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13151
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9691
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14307
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26530
99 Flow Through Distribution 12051
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12683
102 Forward buying 29723
103 Freight Charge 10102
104 Freight Consolidation 7324
105 Gantt Chart 8117
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11421
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29182
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12428
109 Hub 23055
110 Idle Time 7867
111 Import/Export License 8481
112 In Bond Shipment 13615
113 Inbound Logistics 13220
114 Interstate System 10779
115 Inventory Costs 52772
116 Inventory in Transit 16104
117 Inventory Management 53855
118 Inventory Planning System 9586
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21929
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41404
121 JIT 2 18214
122 Job Production 26650
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8767
124 Kanban Squares 6622
125 Laid-Down Cost 9892
126 Lean Office 5808
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10738
128 Lee's Notation 8361
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13830
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36304
 
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