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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 9191
32 Buffer Stock 58251
33 Build to Stock 12693
34 Bullwhip Effect 9260
35 Business Logistics 25051
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12296
37 Capacity Management 39458
38 Capacity Utilization 13741
39 Capital Intensive 8075
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8344
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11817
42 Certified Supplier 8795
43 Channel Effectiveness 8760
44 Co-Destiny 9028
45 Co-managed Inventory 12176
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6595
48 Computer-Based Training 7476
49 Consular Invoice 19299
50 Container Depot 10339
51 Container Freight Station 10109
52 Continuous Replenishment 19173
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11801
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11174
56 Control Charts 7741
57 Cost Flow 10050
58 Courier Service 14831
59 CPFR 7988
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11517
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43295
62 Date Code 17720
63 Days of Supply 19453
64 Dead on Arrival 8919
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7073
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7845
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13979
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10583
70 Dispatching 23617
71 Distributed Inventory 8160
72 Distribution Channel Management 34029
73 Distribution Metrics 8703
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14839
76 Double Marginalization 52171
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21984
78 Dual 5255
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20292
80 Echelon Inventory 25852
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37944
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48833
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7400
84 Efficient Frontier 24949
85 Engineer-to-Order 31247
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15933
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8076
89 Ex Works 7666
90 Exception Rate 13136
91 Exponential smoothing 9602
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9198
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9677
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8419
97 Fishbone Diagram 14297
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26507
99 Flow Through Distribution 12037
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7915
101 FOB Destination 12671
102 Forward buying 29703
103 Freight Charge 10089
104 Freight Consolidation 7313
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11403
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29158
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12419
109 Hub 23043
110 Idle Time 7860
111 Import/Export License 8472
112 In Bond Shipment 13606
113 Inbound Logistics 13204
114 Interstate System 10771
115 Inventory Costs 52727
116 Inventory in Transit 16086
117 Inventory Management 53821
118 Inventory Planning System 9573
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21906
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41341
121 JIT 2 18202
122 Job Production 26602
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8755
124 Kanban Squares 6611
125 Laid-Down Cost 9883
126 Lean Office 5797
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10730
128 Lee's Notation 8348
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13810
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36265
 
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