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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 9625
32 Buffer Stock 59524
33 Build to Stock 13093
34 Bullwhip Effect 9770
35 Business Logistics 25904
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12647
37 Capacity Management 40878
38 Capacity Utilization 14210
39 Capital Intensive 8516
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8860
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12222
42 Certified Supplier 9024
43 Channel Effectiveness 9000
44 Co-Destiny 9376
45 Co-managed Inventory 12651
46 Co-Packers 11853
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6958
48 Computer-Based Training 7756
49 Consular Invoice 19935
50 Container Depot 10676
51 Container Freight Station 10331
52 Continuous Replenishment 19652
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12159
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11486
56 Control Charts 8023
57 Cost Flow 10357
58 Courier Service 15345
59 CPFR 8287
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11886
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44360
62 Date Code 18379
63 Days of Supply 19945
64 Dead on Arrival 9425
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7378
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8197
67 Detective Control 8986
68 Devanning 14294
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11051
70 Dispatching 24688
71 Distributed Inventory 8429
72 Distribution Channel Management 34994
73 Distribution Metrics 9239
74 Distribution Planning 24302
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15337
76 Double Marginalization 52900
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22488
78 Dual 5489
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20708
80 Echelon Inventory 26311
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38364
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49983
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7687
84 Efficient Frontier 25624
85 Engineer-to-Order 31883
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16674
87 Erlang B Formula 9420
88 ETD 8395
89 Ex Works 7888
90 Exception Rate 13598
91 Exponential smoothing 9892
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9593
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10760
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8889
97 Fishbone Diagram 14694
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27209
99 Flow Through Distribution 12404
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8263
101 FOB Destination 13146
102 Forward buying 30331
103 Freight Charge 10481
104 Freight Consolidation 7594
105 Gantt Chart 8346
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11828
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29698
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12773
109 Hub 23556
110 Idle Time 8138
111 Import/Export License 8803
112 In Bond Shipment 14070
113 Inbound Logistics 13682
114 Interstate System 11085
115 Inventory Costs 53934
116 Inventory in Transit 16638
117 Inventory Management 55071
118 Inventory Planning System 9942
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22413
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43161
121 JIT 2 18520
122 Job Production 28014
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9215
124 Kanban Squares 6917
125 Laid-Down Cost 10302
126 Lean Office 6199
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10899
128 Lee's Notation 8629
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14368
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37489
 
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