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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 9108
32 Buffer Stock 58034
33 Build to Stock 12625
34 Bullwhip Effect 9198
35 Business Logistics 24921
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12258
37 Capacity Management 39188
38 Capacity Utilization 13663
39 Capital Intensive 8007
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8264
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11749
42 Certified Supplier 8767
43 Channel Effectiveness 8720
44 Co-Destiny 8984
45 Co-managed Inventory 12114
46 Co-Packers 11495
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6546
48 Computer-Based Training 7445
49 Consular Invoice 19200
50 Container Depot 10286
51 Container Freight Station 10077
52 Continuous Replenishment 19117
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11745
54 Contract Carrier 7165
55 Contract of Affreightment 11136
56 Control Charts 7700
57 Cost Flow 10008
58 Courier Service 14732
59 CPFR 7939
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11461
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43072
62 Date Code 17627
63 Days of Supply 19368
64 Dead on Arrival 8845
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7040
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7794
67 Detective Control 8653
68 Devanning 13936
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10531
70 Dispatching 23467
71 Distributed Inventory 8125
72 Distribution Channel Management 33862
73 Distribution Metrics 8618
74 Distribution Planning 23819
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14761
76 Double Marginalization 52050
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21926
78 Dual 5213
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20255
80 Echelon Inventory 25793
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37875
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48629
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7357
84 Efficient Frontier 24847
85 Engineer-to-Order 31147
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15814
87 Erlang B Formula 9023
88 ETD 8037
89 Ex Works 7636
90 Exception Rate 13059
91 Exponential smoothing 9562
92 External Growth 9764
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9158
94 Field Services 7551
95 Field Warehouse 9624
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8344
97 Fishbone Diagram 14237
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26419
99 Flow Through Distribution 11981
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7863
101 FOB Destination 12603
102 Forward buying 29624
103 Freight Charge 10048
104 Freight Consolidation 7263
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11337
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29035
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12376
109 Hub 22953
110 Idle Time 7815
111 Import/Export License 8416
112 In Bond Shipment 13529
113 Inbound Logistics 13141
114 Interstate System 10745
115 Inventory Costs 52502
116 Inventory in Transit 16019
117 Inventory Management 53642
118 Inventory Planning System 9531
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21814
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41014
121 JIT 2 18163
122 Job Production 26384
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8691
124 Kanban Squares 6568
125 Laid-Down Cost 9839
126 Lean Office 5754
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10706
128 Lee's Notation 8296
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13717
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36067
 
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