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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 9326
32 Buffer Stock 58632
33 Build to Stock 12789
34 Bullwhip Effect 9383
35 Business Logistics 25285
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12395
37 Capacity Management 39911
38 Capacity Utilization 13886
39 Capital Intensive 8204
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8504
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11940
42 Certified Supplier 8860
43 Channel Effectiveness 8821
44 Co-Destiny 9119
45 Co-managed Inventory 12295
46 Co-Packers 11617
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6701
48 Computer-Based Training 7564
49 Consular Invoice 19470
50 Container Depot 10453
51 Container Freight Station 10181
52 Continuous Replenishment 19298
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11912
54 Contract Carrier 7240
55 Contract of Affreightment 11270
56 Control Charts 7828
57 Cost Flow 10142
58 Courier Service 15004
59 CPFR 8079
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11622
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43684
62 Date Code 17933
63 Days of Supply 19612
64 Dead on Arrival 9047
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7160
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7955
67 Detective Control 8763
68 Devanning 14078
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10696
70 Dispatching 23980
71 Distributed Inventory 8226
72 Distribution Channel Management 34333
73 Distribution Metrics 8871
74 Distribution Planning 24011
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14988
76 Double Marginalization 52375
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22107
78 Dual 5337
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20411
80 Echelon Inventory 25958
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38066
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49188
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25176
85 Engineer-to-Order 31447
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16122
87 Erlang B Formula 9187
88 ETD 8174
89 Ex Works 7729
90 Exception Rate 13266
91 Exponential smoothing 9694
92 External Growth 9905
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9286
94 Field Services 7642
95 Field Warehouse 9767
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8564
97 Fishbone Diagram 14433
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26721
99 Flow Through Distribution 12143
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8017
101 FOB Destination 12829
102 Forward buying 29849
103 Freight Charge 10183
104 Freight Consolidation 7404
105 Gantt Chart 8183
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11548
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29327
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12520
109 Hub 23186
110 Idle Time 7935
111 Import/Export License 8574
112 In Bond Shipment 13729
113 Inbound Logistics 13356
114 Interstate System 10852
115 Inventory Costs 53093
116 Inventory in Transit 16233
117 Inventory Management 54193
118 Inventory Planning System 9661
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22076
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41881
121 JIT 2 18298
122 Job Production 27016
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8885
124 Kanban Squares 6711
125 Laid-Down Cost 9982
126 Lean Office 5893
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10781
128 Lee's Notation 8435
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13981
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36634
 
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