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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 9190
32 Buffer Stock 58248
33 Build to Stock 12692
34 Bullwhip Effect 9258
35 Business Logistics 25051
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12295
37 Capacity Management 39450
38 Capacity Utilization 13739
39 Capital Intensive 8074
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8344
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11817
42 Certified Supplier 8795
43 Channel Effectiveness 8760
44 Co-Destiny 9028
45 Co-managed Inventory 12176
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6595
48 Computer-Based Training 7476
49 Consular Invoice 19298
50 Container Depot 10339
51 Container Freight Station 10108
52 Continuous Replenishment 19173
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11801
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11173
56 Control Charts 7740
57 Cost Flow 10049
58 Courier Service 14831
59 CPFR 7988
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11516
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43291
62 Date Code 17719
63 Days of Supply 19451
64 Dead on Arrival 8917
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7073
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7844
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13978
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10583
70 Dispatching 23616
71 Distributed Inventory 8160
72 Distribution Channel Management 34025
73 Distribution Metrics 8700
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14837
76 Double Marginalization 52169
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21982
78 Dual 5253
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20291
80 Echelon Inventory 25852
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37944
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48831
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7399
84 Efficient Frontier 24948
85 Engineer-to-Order 31247
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15931
87 Erlang B Formula 9086
88 ETD 8076
89 Ex Works 7666
90 Exception Rate 13135
91 Exponential smoothing 9601
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9197
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9676
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8416
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26504
99 Flow Through Distribution 12036
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7914
101 FOB Destination 12671
102 Forward buying 29702
103 Freight Charge 10089
104 Freight Consolidation 7312
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11401
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29158
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12419
109 Hub 23043
110 Idle Time 7859
111 Import/Export License 8472
112 In Bond Shipment 13606
113 Inbound Logistics 13203
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52723
116 Inventory in Transit 16085
117 Inventory Management 53818
118 Inventory Planning System 9573
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21903
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41339
121 JIT 2 18202
122 Job Production 26597
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8754
124 Kanban Squares 6611
125 Laid-Down Cost 9883
126 Lean Office 5797
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10729
128 Lee's Notation 8346
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13808
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36261
 
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