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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 9081
32 Buffer Stock 57966
33 Build to Stock 12611
34 Bullwhip Effect 9167
35 Business Logistics 24878
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12241
37 Capacity Management 39088
38 Capacity Utilization 13644
39 Capital Intensive 7984
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8230
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11722
42 Certified Supplier 8754
43 Channel Effectiveness 8705
44 Co-Destiny 8970
45 Co-managed Inventory 12095
46 Co-Packers 11483
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6523
48 Computer-Based Training 7438
49 Consular Invoice 19164
50 Container Depot 10267
51 Container Freight Station 10069
52 Continuous Replenishment 19096
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11733
54 Contract Carrier 7160
55 Contract of Affreightment 11126
56 Control Charts 7683
57 Cost Flow 9993
58 Courier Service 14688
59 CPFR 7922
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11446
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42996
62 Date Code 17598
63 Days of Supply 19347
64 Dead on Arrival 8823
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7031
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7777
67 Detective Control 8640
68 Devanning 13920
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10498
70 Dispatching 23410
71 Distributed Inventory 8110
72 Distribution Channel Management 33814
73 Distribution Metrics 8586
74 Distribution Planning 23799
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14737
76 Double Marginalization 51994
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21907
78 Dual 5195
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20241
80 Echelon Inventory 25776
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37848
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48559
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7344
84 Efficient Frontier 24805
85 Engineer-to-Order 31109
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15774
87 Erlang B Formula 9005
88 ETD 8023
89 Ex Works 7626
90 Exception Rate 13028
91 Exponential smoothing 9536
92 External Growth 9748
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9148
94 Field Services 7540
95 Field Warehouse 9607
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8323
97 Fishbone Diagram 14212
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26383
99 Flow Through Distribution 11963
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7846
101 FOB Destination 12575
102 Forward buying 29594
103 Freight Charge 10032
104 Freight Consolidation 7242
105 Gantt Chart 8058
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11319
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28992
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12369
109 Hub 22928
110 Idle Time 7792
111 Import/Export License 8397
112 In Bond Shipment 13496
113 Inbound Logistics 13104
114 Interstate System 10735
115 Inventory Costs 52429
116 Inventory in Transit 15991
117 Inventory Management 53588
118 Inventory Planning System 9515
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21782
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40896
121 JIT 2 18141
122 Job Production 26326
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8671
124 Kanban Squares 6548
125 Laid-Down Cost 9824
126 Lean Office 5734
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10695
128 Lee's Notation 8276
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13691
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35991
 
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