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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 9149
32 Buffer Stock 58166
33 Build to Stock 12665
34 Bullwhip Effect 9227
35 Business Logistics 25001
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12280
37 Capacity Management 39355
38 Capacity Utilization 13707
39 Capital Intensive 8044
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8312
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11790
42 Certified Supplier 8782
43 Channel Effectiveness 8747
44 Co-Destiny 9005
45 Co-managed Inventory 12153
46 Co-Packers 11517
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6575
48 Computer-Based Training 7463
49 Consular Invoice 19260
50 Container Depot 10318
51 Container Freight Station 10097
52 Continuous Replenishment 19153
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11774
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7724
57 Cost Flow 10032
58 Courier Service 14786
59 CPFR 7963
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11491
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43216
62 Date Code 17688
63 Days of Supply 19423
64 Dead on Arrival 8887
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7055
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7821
67 Detective Control 8672
68 Devanning 13955
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10561
70 Dispatching 23559
71 Distributed Inventory 8147
72 Distribution Channel Management 33969
73 Distribution Metrics 8669
74 Distribution Planning 23854
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14808
76 Double Marginalization 52129
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21958
78 Dual 5231
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25828
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37916
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48756
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7382
84 Efficient Frontier 24909
85 Engineer-to-Order 31206
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15883
87 Erlang B Formula 9057
88 ETD 8060
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13104
91 Exponential smoothing 9585
92 External Growth 9795
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9182
94 Field Services 7569
95 Field Warehouse 9654
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14278
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26471
99 Flow Through Distribution 12010
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
101 FOB Destination 12646
102 Forward buying 29675
103 Freight Charge 10070
104 Freight Consolidation 7296
105 Gantt Chart 8092
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11372
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29130
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12402
109 Hub 23000
110 Idle Time 7843
111 Import/Export License 8454
112 In Bond Shipment 13576
113 Inbound Logistics 13174
114 Interstate System 10761
115 Inventory Costs 52648
116 Inventory in Transit 16053
117 Inventory Management 53756
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21863
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41231
121 JIT 2 18186
122 Job Production 26516
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8730
124 Kanban Squares 6592
125 Laid-Down Cost 9869
126 Lean Office 5778
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10718
128 Lee's Notation 8331
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13774
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36202
 
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