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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 9133
32 Buffer Stock 58111
33 Build to Stock 12650
34 Bullwhip Effect 9216
35 Business Logistics 24969
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12270
37 Capacity Management 39273
38 Capacity Utilization 13685
39 Capital Intensive 8029
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8291
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11773
42 Certified Supplier 8774
43 Channel Effectiveness 8733
44 Co-Destiny 8995
45 Co-managed Inventory 12133
46 Co-Packers 11506
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6563
48 Computer-Based Training 7452
49 Consular Invoice 19229
50 Container Depot 10302
51 Container Freight Station 10087
52 Continuous Replenishment 19140
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11761
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11146
56 Control Charts 7714
57 Cost Flow 10024
58 Courier Service 14764
59 CPFR 7952
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11477
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43160
62 Date Code 17663
63 Days of Supply 19396
64 Dead on Arrival 8865
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7049
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7811
67 Detective Control 8664
68 Devanning 13947
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10549
70 Dispatching 23518
71 Distributed Inventory 8137
72 Distribution Channel Management 33925
73 Distribution Metrics 8647
74 Distribution Planning 23839
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14789
76 Double Marginalization 52100
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21944
78 Dual 5222
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20270
80 Echelon Inventory 25809
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37898
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48697
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7370
84 Efficient Frontier 24881
85 Engineer-to-Order 31184
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15849
87 Erlang B Formula 9043
88 ETD 8051
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13086
91 Exponential smoothing 9575
92 External Growth 9785
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9171
94 Field Services 7564
95 Field Warehouse 9642
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8367
97 Fishbone Diagram 14259
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26449
99 Flow Through Distribution 11995
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7882
101 FOB Destination 12627
102 Forward buying 29653
103 Freight Charge 10061
104 Freight Consolidation 7278
105 Gantt Chart 8084
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11354
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29105
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12391
109 Hub 22984
110 Idle Time 7829
111 Import/Export License 8436
112 In Bond Shipment 13554
113 Inbound Logistics 13162
114 Interstate System 10753
115 Inventory Costs 52579
116 Inventory in Transit 16035
117 Inventory Management 53704
118 Inventory Planning System 9541
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21833
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41129
121 JIT 2 18177
122 Job Production 26453
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8715
124 Kanban Squares 6580
125 Laid-Down Cost 9857
126 Lean Office 5770
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10715
128 Lee's Notation 8320
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13749
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36146
 
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