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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 9400
32 Buffer Stock 58882
33 Build to Stock 12845
34 Bullwhip Effect 9461
35 Business Logistics 25431
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12468
37 Capacity Management 40143
38 Capacity Utilization 13965
39 Capital Intensive 8286
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8599
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12015
42 Certified Supplier 8904
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9193
45 Co-managed Inventory 12362
46 Co-Packers 11676
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6771
48 Computer-Based Training 7615
49 Consular Invoice 19588
50 Container Depot 10525
51 Container Freight Station 10217
52 Continuous Replenishment 19368
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11974
54 Contract Carrier 7275
55 Contract of Affreightment 11322
56 Control Charts 7887
57 Cost Flow 10185
58 Courier Service 15097
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11693
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43878
62 Date Code 18066
63 Days of Supply 19696
64 Dead on Arrival 9119
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7222
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8011
67 Detective Control 8826
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10769
70 Dispatching 24229
71 Distributed Inventory 8278
72 Distribution Channel Management 34490
73 Distribution Metrics 8971
74 Distribution Planning 24083
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15084
76 Double Marginalization 52482
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22177
78 Dual 5377
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20487
80 Echelon Inventory 26044
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38149
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49396
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7536
84 Efficient Frontier 25293
85 Engineer-to-Order 31567
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16254
87 Erlang B Formula 9262
88 ETD 8245
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13356
91 Exponential smoothing 9751
92 External Growth 9971
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9343
94 Field Services 7682
95 Field Warehouse 9981
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8647
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26838
99 Flow Through Distribution 12210
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
101 FOB Destination 12923
102 Forward buying 29938
103 Freight Charge 10240
104 Freight Consolidation 7453
105 Gantt Chart 8222
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11620
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29424
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12583
109 Hub 23281
110 Idle Time 7985
111 Import/Export License 8628
112 In Bond Shipment 13805
113 Inbound Logistics 13452
114 Interstate System 10914
115 Inventory Costs 53300
116 Inventory in Transit 16313
117 Inventory Management 54435
118 Inventory Planning System 9713
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22163
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42227
121 JIT 2 18354
122 Job Production 27283
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8958
124 Kanban Squares 6761
125 Laid-Down Cost 10056
126 Lean Office 5951
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10808
128 Lee's Notation 8493
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14080
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36907
 
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