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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 9215
32 Buffer Stock 58295
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9279
35 Business Logistics 25086
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12311
37 Capacity Management 39508
38 Capacity Utilization 13762
39 Capital Intensive 8091
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8363
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11831
42 Certified Supplier 8803
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9040
45 Co-managed Inventory 12195
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6607
48 Computer-Based Training 7486
49 Consular Invoice 19325
50 Container Depot 10354
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19192
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11813
54 Contract Carrier 7197
55 Contract of Affreightment 11181
56 Control Charts 7754
57 Cost Flow 10063
58 Courier Service 14854
59 CPFR 8003
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11531
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43337
62 Date Code 17741
63 Days of Supply 19472
64 Dead on Arrival 8932
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7080
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7865
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13991
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10599
70 Dispatching 23650
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34067
73 Distribution Metrics 8721
74 Distribution Planning 23902
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14861
76 Double Marginalization 52209
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21996
78 Dual 5268
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20302
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37960
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48881
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7410
84 Efficient Frontier 24983
85 Engineer-to-Order 31263
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15964
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13155
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9693
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14309
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26534
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12686
102 Forward buying 29729
103 Freight Charge 10103
104 Freight Consolidation 7328
105 Gantt Chart 8119
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11423
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29187
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23059
110 Idle Time 7869
111 Import/Export License 8484
112 In Bond Shipment 13617
113 Inbound Logistics 13223
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52777
116 Inventory in Transit 16106
117 Inventory Management 53865
118 Inventory Planning System 9587
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21932
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41419
121 JIT 2 18216
122 Job Production 26660
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8769
124 Kanban Squares 6625
125 Laid-Down Cost 9893
126 Lean Office 5809
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10739
128 Lee's Notation 8363
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13832
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36313
 
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