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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 9518
32 Buffer Stock 59246
33 Build to Stock 13018
34 Bullwhip Effect 9674
35 Business Logistics 25730
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12570
37 Capacity Management 40519
38 Capacity Utilization 14108
39 Capital Intensive 8410
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8739
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12133
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8930
44 Co-Destiny 9300
45 Co-managed Inventory 12562
46 Co-Packers 11775
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6876
48 Computer-Based Training 7694
49 Consular Invoice 19784
50 Container Depot 10609
51 Container Freight Station 10276
52 Continuous Replenishment 19561
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12079
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11418
56 Control Charts 7963
57 Cost Flow 10275
58 Courier Service 15234
59 CPFR 8223
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11800
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44152
62 Date Code 18231
63 Days of Supply 19838
64 Dead on Arrival 9323
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7310
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8108
67 Detective Control 8911
68 Devanning 14211
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10956
70 Dispatching 24517
71 Distributed Inventory 8356
72 Distribution Channel Management 34748
73 Distribution Metrics 9117
74 Distribution Planning 24200
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15216
76 Double Marginalization 52734
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22380
78 Dual 5442
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20613
80 Echelon Inventory 26205
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38269
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49727
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7616
84 Efficient Frontier 25484
85 Engineer-to-Order 31741
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16521
87 Erlang B Formula 9348
88 ETD 8333
89 Ex Works 7835
90 Exception Rate 13494
91 Exponential smoothing 9830
92 External Growth 10075
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9519
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10456
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8761
97 Fishbone Diagram 14607
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27036
99 Flow Through Distribution 12309
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8178
101 FOB Destination 13032
102 Forward buying 30164
103 Freight Charge 10411
104 Freight Consolidation 7531
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11733
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29590
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12683
109 Hub 23430
110 Idle Time 8070
111 Import/Export License 8721
112 In Bond Shipment 13957
113 Inbound Logistics 13582
114 Interstate System 11006
115 Inventory Costs 53630
116 Inventory in Transit 16531
117 Inventory Management 54803
118 Inventory Planning System 9871
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22300
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42719
121 JIT 2 18440
122 Job Production 27678
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9144
124 Kanban Squares 6837
125 Laid-Down Cost 10189
126 Lean Office 6125
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10860
128 Lee's Notation 8570
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14229
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37282
 
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