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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 9277
32 Buffer Stock 58495
33 Build to Stock 12752
34 Bullwhip Effect 9331
35 Business Logistics 25190
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12361
37 Capacity Management 39734
38 Capacity Utilization 13831
39 Capital Intensive 8150
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8438
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11889
42 Certified Supplier 8838
43 Channel Effectiveness 8798
44 Co-Destiny 9074
45 Co-managed Inventory 12245
46 Co-Packers 11581
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6665
48 Computer-Based Training 7532
49 Consular Invoice 19398
50 Container Depot 10406
51 Container Freight Station 10145
52 Continuous Replenishment 19250
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11870
54 Contract Carrier 7220
55 Contract of Affreightment 11219
56 Control Charts 7793
57 Cost Flow 10102
58 Courier Service 14946
59 CPFR 8042
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11583
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43528
62 Date Code 17840
63 Days of Supply 19550
64 Dead on Arrival 8993
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7121
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7905
67 Detective Control 8730
68 Devanning 14035
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10651
70 Dispatching 23817
71 Distributed Inventory 8202
72 Distribution Channel Management 34206
73 Distribution Metrics 8801
74 Distribution Planning 23961
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14932
76 Double Marginalization 52305
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22053
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20363
80 Echelon Inventory 25913
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38018
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49056
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7449
84 Efficient Frontier 25081
85 Engineer-to-Order 31357
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16048
87 Erlang B Formula 9149
88 ETD 8127
89 Ex Works 7706
90 Exception Rate 13211
91 Exponential smoothing 9657
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9252
94 Field Services 7615
95 Field Warehouse 9734
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8511
97 Fishbone Diagram 14378
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26632
99 Flow Through Distribution 12100
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7975
101 FOB Destination 12757
102 Forward buying 29800
103 Freight Charge 10142
104 Freight Consolidation 7368
105 Gantt Chart 8148
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11498
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29253
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12475
109 Hub 23128
110 Idle Time 7903
111 Import/Export License 8530
112 In Bond Shipment 13683
113 Inbound Logistics 13283
114 Interstate System 10816
115 Inventory Costs 52939
116 Inventory in Transit 16172
117 Inventory Management 54027
118 Inventory Planning System 9624
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22018
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41661
121 JIT 2 18263
122 Job Production 26864
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8836
124 Kanban Squares 6677
125 Laid-Down Cost 9934
126 Lean Office 5855
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10765
128 Lee's Notation 8401
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13910
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36499
 
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