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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 9302
32 Buffer Stock 58584
33 Build to Stock 12771
34 Bullwhip Effect 9362
35 Business Logistics 25244
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12380
37 Capacity Management 39835
38 Capacity Utilization 13861
39 Capital Intensive 8184
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8473
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11922
42 Certified Supplier 8850
43 Channel Effectiveness 8808
44 Co-Destiny 9098
45 Co-managed Inventory 12272
46 Co-Packers 11599
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6682
48 Computer-Based Training 7545
49 Consular Invoice 19434
50 Container Depot 10431
51 Container Freight Station 10163
52 Continuous Replenishment 19274
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11893
54 Contract Carrier 7227
55 Contract of Affreightment 11254
56 Control Charts 7810
57 Cost Flow 10122
58 Courier Service 14982
59 CPFR 8065
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11601
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43626
62 Date Code 17891
63 Days of Supply 19584
64 Dead on Arrival 9024
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7139
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7927
67 Detective Control 8747
68 Devanning 14060
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10677
70 Dispatching 23918
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34266
73 Distribution Metrics 8838
74 Distribution Planning 23988
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14962
76 Double Marginalization 52343
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22082
78 Dual 5323
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20389
80 Echelon Inventory 25938
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38047
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49140
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25128
85 Engineer-to-Order 31408
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16089
87 Erlang B Formula 9168
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7718
90 Exception Rate 13241
91 Exponential smoothing 9674
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9268
94 Field Services 7631
95 Field Warehouse 9751
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8541
97 Fishbone Diagram 14411
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26680
99 Flow Through Distribution 12124
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8001
101 FOB Destination 12800
102 Forward buying 29832
103 Freight Charge 10163
104 Freight Consolidation 7386
105 Gantt Chart 8166
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11520
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29292
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12498
109 Hub 23162
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8555
112 In Bond Shipment 13710
113 Inbound Logistics 13325
114 Interstate System 10830
115 Inventory Costs 53032
116 Inventory in Transit 16207
117 Inventory Management 54116
118 Inventory Planning System 9646
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22053
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41781
121 JIT 2 18279
122 Job Production 26945
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8863
124 Kanban Squares 6692
125 Laid-Down Cost 9958
126 Lean Office 5874
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10771
128 Lee's Notation 8419
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13944
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36571
 
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