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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 9582
32 Buffer Stock 59449
33 Build to Stock 13064
34 Bullwhip Effect 9721
35 Business Logistics 25838
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12613
37 Capacity Management 40747
38 Capacity Utilization 14165
39 Capital Intensive 8476
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8812
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12191
42 Certified Supplier 9001
43 Channel Effectiveness 8971
44 Co-Destiny 9342
45 Co-managed Inventory 12616
46 Co-Packers 11821
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6926
48 Computer-Based Training 7728
49 Consular Invoice 19879
50 Container Depot 10646
51 Container Freight Station 10309
52 Continuous Replenishment 19621
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12128
54 Contract Carrier 7348
55 Contract of Affreightment 11458
56 Control Charts 7994
57 Cost Flow 10323
58 Courier Service 15300
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11848
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44276
62 Date Code 18321
63 Days of Supply 19905
64 Dead on Arrival 9389
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7348
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8161
67 Detective Control 8953
68 Devanning 14262
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11013
70 Dispatching 24617
71 Distributed Inventory 8401
72 Distribution Channel Management 34895
73 Distribution Metrics 9191
74 Distribution Planning 24256
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15287
76 Double Marginalization 52845
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22449
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20667
80 Echelon Inventory 26264
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38321
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49885
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7659
84 Efficient Frontier 25576
85 Engineer-to-Order 31839
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16618
87 Erlang B Formula 9389
88 ETD 8368
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13550
91 Exponential smoothing 9863
92 External Growth 10131
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9564
94 Field Services 7772
95 Field Warehouse 10641
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8843
97 Fishbone Diagram 14662
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27149
99 Flow Through Distribution 12365
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8225
101 FOB Destination 13109
102 Forward buying 30267
103 Freight Charge 10451
104 Freight Consolidation 7574
105 Gantt Chart 8328
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11786
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29654
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12741
109 Hub 23508
110 Idle Time 8108
111 Import/Export License 8770
112 In Bond Shipment 14024
113 Inbound Logistics 13644
114 Interstate System 11053
115 Inventory Costs 53822
116 Inventory in Transit 16590
117 Inventory Management 54968
118 Inventory Planning System 9910
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22363
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43041
121 JIT 2 18492
122 Job Production 27878
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9184
124 Kanban Squares 6878
125 Laid-Down Cost 10261
126 Lean Office 6162
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10885
128 Lee's Notation 8606
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14319
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37415
 
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