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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 9218
32 Buffer Stock 58299
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9279
35 Business Logistics 25087
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12312
37 Capacity Management 39513
38 Capacity Utilization 13762
39 Capital Intensive 8092
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8366
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11832
42 Certified Supplier 8804
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9041
45 Co-managed Inventory 12195
46 Co-Packers 11542
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6607
48 Computer-Based Training 7488
49 Consular Invoice 19326
50 Container Depot 10354
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19193
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11814
54 Contract Carrier 7198
55 Contract of Affreightment 11181
56 Control Charts 7755
57 Cost Flow 10064
58 Courier Service 14856
59 CPFR 8004
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11532
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43339
62 Date Code 17743
63 Days of Supply 19475
64 Dead on Arrival 8933
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7081
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7865
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13992
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10600
70 Dispatching 23652
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34070
73 Distribution Metrics 8721
74 Distribution Planning 23905
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14862
76 Double Marginalization 52212
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21996
78 Dual 5269
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20302
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37961
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48884
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7411
84 Efficient Frontier 24985
85 Engineer-to-Order 31265
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15968
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9615
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14310
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26538
99 Flow Through Distribution 12053
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7928
101 FOB Destination 12687
102 Forward buying 29729
103 Freight Charge 10105
104 Freight Consolidation 7330
105 Gantt Chart 8120
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11425
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29188
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23060
110 Idle Time 7870
111 Import/Export License 8486
112 In Bond Shipment 13618
113 Inbound Logistics 13225
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52782
116 Inventory in Transit 16106
117 Inventory Management 53870
118 Inventory Planning System 9587
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21932
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41421
121 JIT 2 18218
122 Job Production 26664
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8770
124 Kanban Squares 6626
125 Laid-Down Cost 9894
126 Lean Office 5811
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10741
128 Lee's Notation 8365
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13833
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36324
 
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