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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 9257
32 Buffer Stock 58396
33 Build to Stock 12735
34 Bullwhip Effect 9307
35 Business Logistics 25146
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12341
37 Capacity Management 39648
38 Capacity Utilization 13801
39 Capital Intensive 8126
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8406
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11869
42 Certified Supplier 8829
43 Channel Effectiveness 8787
44 Co-Destiny 9061
45 Co-managed Inventory 12227
46 Co-Packers 11565
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6639
48 Computer-Based Training 7519
49 Consular Invoice 19362
50 Container Depot 10382
51 Container Freight Station 10137
52 Continuous Replenishment 19224
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11850
54 Contract Carrier 7211
55 Contract of Affreightment 11206
56 Control Charts 7779
57 Cost Flow 10087
58 Courier Service 14915
59 CPFR 8028
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11557
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43441
62 Date Code 17796
63 Days of Supply 19521
64 Dead on Arrival 8967
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7101
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7890
67 Detective Control 8713
68 Devanning 14015
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10630
70 Dispatching 23742
71 Distributed Inventory 8185
72 Distribution Channel Management 34140
73 Distribution Metrics 8762
74 Distribution Planning 23937
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14894
76 Double Marginalization 52273
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22027
78 Dual 5298
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20334
80 Echelon Inventory 25892
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37992
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48984
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7433
84 Efficient Frontier 25043
85 Engineer-to-Order 31317
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16006
87 Erlang B Formula 9133
88 ETD 8112
89 Ex Works 7689
90 Exception Rate 13189
91 Exponential smoothing 9635
92 External Growth 9848
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9234
94 Field Services 7600
95 Field Warehouse 9717
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8481
97 Fishbone Diagram 14351
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26589
99 Flow Through Distribution 12080
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7957
101 FOB Destination 12724
102 Forward buying 29779
103 Freight Charge 10126
104 Freight Consolidation 7354
105 Gantt Chart 8133
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11479
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29230
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12455
109 Hub 23100
110 Idle Time 7891
111 Import/Export License 8511
112 In Bond Shipment 13653
113 Inbound Logistics 13256
114 Interstate System 10798
115 Inventory Costs 52874
116 Inventory in Transit 16140
117 Inventory Management 53960
118 Inventory Planning System 9612
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21982
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41560
121 JIT 2 18249
122 Job Production 26780
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8806
124 Kanban Squares 6654
125 Laid-Down Cost 9918
126 Lean Office 5838
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8387
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13881
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36416
 
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