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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 9711
32 Buffer Stock 59680
33 Build to Stock 13154
34 Bullwhip Effect 9871
35 Business Logistics 26052
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12717
37 Capacity Management 41163
38 Capacity Utilization 14311
39 Capital Intensive 8595
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8955
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12299
42 Certified Supplier 9065
43 Channel Effectiveness 9065
44 Co-Destiny 9442
45 Co-managed Inventory 12735
46 Co-Packers 11920
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7024
48 Computer-Based Training 7806
49 Consular Invoice 20043
50 Container Depot 10738
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19730
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12220
54 Contract Carrier 7401
55 Contract of Affreightment 11555
56 Control Charts 8070
57 Cost Flow 10422
58 Courier Service 15420
59 CPFR 8345
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11952
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44563
62 Date Code 18545
63 Days of Supply 20026
64 Dead on Arrival 9507
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7435
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8264
67 Detective Control 9063
68 Devanning 14354
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11125
70 Dispatching 24828
71 Distributed Inventory 8476
72 Distribution Channel Management 35158
73 Distribution Metrics 9344
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15431
76 Double Marginalization 53040
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22584
78 Dual 5539
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20771
80 Echelon Inventory 26460
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38465
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50199
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7744
84 Efficient Frontier 25747
85 Engineer-to-Order 31989
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16820
87 Erlang B Formula 9476
88 ETD 8456
89 Ex Works 7942
90 Exception Rate 13684
91 Exponential smoothing 9946
92 External Growth 10241
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11037
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8992
97 Fishbone Diagram 14778
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27355
99 Flow Through Distribution 12488
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8344
101 FOB Destination 13227
102 Forward buying 30434
103 Freight Charge 10531
104 Freight Consolidation 7635
105 Gantt Chart 8386
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11934
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29778
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12849
109 Hub 23653
110 Idle Time 8196
111 Import/Export License 8856
112 In Bond Shipment 14141
113 Inbound Logistics 13760
114 Interstate System 11140
115 Inventory Costs 54112
116 Inventory in Transit 16751
117 Inventory Management 55305
118 Inventory Planning System 10004
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22521
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43474
121 JIT 2 18583
122 Job Production 28289
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9280
124 Kanban Squares 6982
125 Laid-Down Cost 10394
126 Lean Office 6259
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10926
128 Lee's Notation 8671
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14479
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37678
 
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