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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 9258
32 Buffer Stock 58407
33 Build to Stock 12739
34 Bullwhip Effect 9308
35 Business Logistics 25148
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12344
37 Capacity Management 39659
38 Capacity Utilization 13808
39 Capital Intensive 8130
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8409
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11869
42 Certified Supplier 8830
43 Channel Effectiveness 8788
44 Co-Destiny 9062
45 Co-managed Inventory 12230
46 Co-Packers 11569
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6640
48 Computer-Based Training 7521
49 Consular Invoice 19365
50 Container Depot 10386
51 Container Freight Station 10138
52 Continuous Replenishment 19226
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11853
54 Contract Carrier 7214
55 Contract of Affreightment 11209
56 Control Charts 7781
57 Cost Flow 10088
58 Courier Service 14917
59 CPFR 8029
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11558
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43449
62 Date Code 17797
63 Days of Supply 19526
64 Dead on Arrival 8970
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7102
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7890
67 Detective Control 8714
68 Devanning 14017
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10632
70 Dispatching 23748
71 Distributed Inventory 8188
72 Distribution Channel Management 34145
73 Distribution Metrics 8766
74 Distribution Planning 23937
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14899
76 Double Marginalization 52276
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22030
78 Dual 5299
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20337
80 Echelon Inventory 25894
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37995
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48991
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7435
84 Efficient Frontier 25047
85 Engineer-to-Order 31321
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16009
87 Erlang B Formula 9134
88 ETD 8113
89 Ex Works 7691
90 Exception Rate 13193
91 Exponential smoothing 9639
92 External Growth 9852
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9235
94 Field Services 7601
95 Field Warehouse 9718
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8482
97 Fishbone Diagram 14355
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26594
99 Flow Through Distribution 12084
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7957
101 FOB Destination 12726
102 Forward buying 29780
103 Freight Charge 10128
104 Freight Consolidation 7356
105 Gantt Chart 8134
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11480
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29233
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12457
109 Hub 23102
110 Idle Time 7892
111 Import/Export License 8511
112 In Bond Shipment 13654
113 Inbound Logistics 13261
114 Interstate System 10799
115 Inventory Costs 52879
116 Inventory in Transit 16144
117 Inventory Management 53966
118 Inventory Planning System 9612
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21988
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41575
121 JIT 2 18249
122 Job Production 26788
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8807
124 Kanban Squares 6655
125 Laid-Down Cost 9921
126 Lean Office 5839
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8389
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13885
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36428
 
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