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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 9211
32 Buffer Stock 58286
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9277
35 Business Logistics 25073
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12308
37 Capacity Management 39495
38 Capacity Utilization 13758
39 Capital Intensive 8088
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8361
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11828
42 Certified Supplier 8801
43 Channel Effectiveness 8770
44 Co-Destiny 9039
45 Co-managed Inventory 12191
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6605
48 Computer-Based Training 7484
49 Consular Invoice 19316
50 Container Depot 10351
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19186
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11812
54 Contract Carrier 7197
55 Contract of Affreightment 11180
56 Control Charts 7752
57 Cost Flow 10061
58 Courier Service 14848
59 CPFR 7999
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11528
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43323
62 Date Code 17737
63 Days of Supply 19467
64 Dead on Arrival 8932
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7078
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7857
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13989
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10594
70 Dispatching 23642
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34055
73 Distribution Metrics 8719
74 Distribution Planning 23901
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14857
76 Double Marginalization 52199
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21993
78 Dual 5267
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20301
80 Echelon Inventory 25863
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37957
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48867
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7407
84 Efficient Frontier 24977
85 Engineer-to-Order 31259
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15957
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8089
89 Ex Works 7673
90 Exception Rate 13150
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9826
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7583
95 Field Warehouse 9689
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14307
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26525
99 Flow Through Distribution 12051
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12683
102 Forward buying 29720
103 Freight Charge 10101
104 Freight Consolidation 7324
105 Gantt Chart 8115
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11421
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29182
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12426
109 Hub 23053
110 Idle Time 7865
111 Import/Export License 8481
112 In Bond Shipment 13614
113 Inbound Logistics 13219
114 Interstate System 10778
115 Inventory Costs 52768
116 Inventory in Transit 16102
117 Inventory Management 53851
118 Inventory Planning System 9585
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21926
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41400
121 JIT 2 18213
122 Job Production 26646
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8766
124 Kanban Squares 6621
125 Laid-Down Cost 9892
126 Lean Office 5807
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10736
128 Lee's Notation 8358
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13828
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36298
 
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