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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 9406
32 Buffer Stock 58905
33 Build to Stock 12850
34 Bullwhip Effect 9469
35 Business Logistics 25442
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12471
37 Capacity Management 40160
38 Capacity Utilization 13972
39 Capital Intensive 8291
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8605
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8907
43 Channel Effectiveness 8864
44 Co-Destiny 9196
45 Co-managed Inventory 12368
46 Co-Packers 11680
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6775
48 Computer-Based Training 7617
49 Consular Invoice 19597
50 Container Depot 10529
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19375
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11980
54 Contract Carrier 7277
55 Contract of Affreightment 11328
56 Control Charts 7890
57 Cost Flow 10187
58 Courier Service 15104
59 CPFR 8142
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11697
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43887
62 Date Code 18070
63 Days of Supply 19702
64 Dead on Arrival 9126
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7227
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8015
67 Detective Control 8831
68 Devanning 14134
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10773
70 Dispatching 24248
71 Distributed Inventory 8283
72 Distribution Channel Management 34501
73 Distribution Metrics 8978
74 Distribution Planning 24089
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15089
76 Double Marginalization 52486
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22184
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20493
80 Echelon Inventory 26055
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38155
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49409
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7540
84 Efficient Frontier 25300
85 Engineer-to-Order 31573
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16263
87 Erlang B Formula 9266
88 ETD 8250
89 Ex Works 7776
90 Exception Rate 13364
91 Exponential smoothing 9754
92 External Growth 9977
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9346
94 Field Services 7686
95 Field Warehouse 10001
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8651
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26844
99 Flow Through Distribution 12215
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8084
101 FOB Destination 12937
102 Forward buying 29945
103 Freight Charge 10245
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11624
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29434
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12586
109 Hub 23288
110 Idle Time 7989
111 Import/Export License 8631
112 In Bond Shipment 13811
113 Inbound Logistics 13457
114 Interstate System 10917
115 Inventory Costs 53313
116 Inventory in Transit 16320
117 Inventory Management 54444
118 Inventory Planning System 9716
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22171
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42251
121 JIT 2 18360
122 Job Production 27301
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8962
124 Kanban Squares 6762
125 Laid-Down Cost 10059
126 Lean Office 5952
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10810
128 Lee's Notation 8498
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14087
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36919
 
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