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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 9563
32 Buffer Stock 59384
33 Build to Stock 13050
34 Bullwhip Effect 9704
35 Business Logistics 25806
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12597
37 Capacity Management 40677
38 Capacity Utilization 14146
39 Capital Intensive 8453
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8786
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12175
42 Certified Supplier 8988
43 Channel Effectiveness 8958
44 Co-Destiny 9329
45 Co-managed Inventory 12598
46 Co-Packers 11808
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6908
48 Computer-Based Training 7715
49 Consular Invoice 19851
50 Container Depot 10634
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19601
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12114
54 Contract Carrier 7338
55 Contract of Affreightment 11448
56 Control Charts 7985
57 Cost Flow 10304
58 Courier Service 15282
59 CPFR 8255
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11834
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44238
62 Date Code 18296
63 Days of Supply 19880
64 Dead on Arrival 9363
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7337
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8146
67 Detective Control 8936
68 Devanning 14242
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10998
70 Dispatching 24587
71 Distributed Inventory 8385
72 Distribution Channel Management 34844
73 Distribution Metrics 9165
74 Distribution Planning 24238
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15264
76 Double Marginalization 52815
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22427
78 Dual 5464
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20648
80 Echelon Inventory 26248
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38306
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49828
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7643
84 Efficient Frontier 25550
85 Engineer-to-Order 31812
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16583
87 Erlang B Formula 9378
88 ETD 8356
89 Ex Works 7861
90 Exception Rate 13534
91 Exponential smoothing 9849
92 External Growth 10114
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7764
95 Field Warehouse 10591
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8817
97 Fishbone Diagram 14642
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27111
99 Flow Through Distribution 12350
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8205
101 FOB Destination 13081
102 Forward buying 30242
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7558
105 Gantt Chart 8316
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11768
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29630
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12726
109 Hub 23483
110 Idle Time 8098
111 Import/Export License 8750
112 In Bond Shipment 14008
113 Inbound Logistics 13625
114 Interstate System 11037
115 Inventory Costs 53762
116 Inventory in Transit 16574
117 Inventory Management 54926
118 Inventory Planning System 9898
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22345
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42947
121 JIT 2 18478
122 Job Production 27824
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9171
124 Kanban Squares 6861
125 Laid-Down Cost 10240
126 Lean Office 6150
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10876
128 Lee's Notation 8591
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14289
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37378
 
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