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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 9683
32 Buffer Stock 59631
33 Build to Stock 13135
34 Bullwhip Effect 9828
35 Business Logistics 26016
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12690
37 Capacity Management 41063
38 Capacity Utilization 14276
39 Capital Intensive 8567
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8921
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12270
42 Certified Supplier 9053
43 Channel Effectiveness 9040
44 Co-Destiny 9422
45 Co-managed Inventory 12706
46 Co-Packers 11899
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6999
48 Computer-Based Training 7787
49 Consular Invoice 19998
50 Container Depot 10715
51 Container Freight Station 10366
52 Continuous Replenishment 19702
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12197
54 Contract Carrier 7388
55 Contract of Affreightment 11534
56 Control Charts 8051
57 Cost Flow 10394
58 Courier Service 15393
59 CPFR 8327
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11924
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44500
62 Date Code 18505
63 Days of Supply 19998
64 Dead on Arrival 9477
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7413
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8240
67 Detective Control 9029
68 Devanning 14334
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11095
70 Dispatching 24775
71 Distributed Inventory 8460
72 Distribution Channel Management 35106
73 Distribution Metrics 9300
74 Distribution Planning 24362
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15400
76 Double Marginalization 52990
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22546
78 Dual 5517
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20748
80 Echelon Inventory 26410
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38431
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50125
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7725
84 Efficient Frontier 25709
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16771
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8432
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13656
91 Exponential smoothing 9929
92 External Growth 10215
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9639
94 Field Services 7820
95 Field Warehouse 10934
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8953
97 Fishbone Diagram 14746
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27297
99 Flow Through Distribution 12459
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
101 FOB Destination 13199
102 Forward buying 30394
103 Freight Charge 10513
104 Freight Consolidation 7617
105 Gantt Chart 8369
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11894
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29753
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12819
109 Hub 23612
110 Idle Time 8167
111 Import/Export License 8834
112 In Bond Shipment 14112
113 Inbound Logistics 13731
114 Interstate System 11120
115 Inventory Costs 54048
116 Inventory in Transit 16707
117 Inventory Management 55214
118 Inventory Planning System 9976
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22487
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43345
121 JIT 2 18559
122 Job Production 28197
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9257
124 Kanban Squares 6961
125 Laid-Down Cost 10360
126 Lean Office 6238
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8650
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14439
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37619
 
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