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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 9487
32 Buffer Stock 59168
33 Build to Stock 12922
34 Bullwhip Effect 9571
35 Business Logistics 25615
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12550
37 Capacity Management 40416
38 Capacity Utilization 14077
39 Capital Intensive 8386
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8709
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12105
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8911
44 Co-Destiny 9276
45 Co-managed Inventory 12462
46 Co-Packers 11748
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6847
48 Computer-Based Training 7676
49 Consular Invoice 19739
50 Container Depot 10589
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19457
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12056
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11395
56 Control Charts 7947
57 Cost Flow 10249
58 Courier Service 15204
59 CPFR 8198
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11773
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44092
62 Date Code 18189
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9225
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7292
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14194
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10855
70 Dispatching 24455
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34674
73 Distribution Metrics 9087
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52622
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22279
78 Dual 5430
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20580
80 Echelon Inventory 26172
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49651
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25435
85 Engineer-to-Order 31705
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16404
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7822
90 Exception Rate 13462
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9419
94 Field Services 7730
95 Field Warehouse 10387
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14583
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26987
99 Flow Through Distribution 12289
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8157
101 FOB Destination 13003
102 Forward buying 30056
103 Freight Charge 10317
104 Freight Consolidation 7511
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11711
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29553
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12660
109 Hub 23393
110 Idle Time 8054
111 Import/Export License 8697
112 In Bond Shipment 13926
113 Inbound Logistics 13556
114 Interstate System 10984
115 Inventory Costs 53555
116 Inventory in Transit 16432
117 Inventory Management 54668
118 Inventory Planning System 9777
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22264
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42599
121 JIT 2 18418
122 Job Production 27579
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9048
124 Kanban Squares 6814
125 Laid-Down Cost 10149
126 Lean Office 6033
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8550
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14196
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37162
 
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