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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 9151
32 Buffer Stock 58169
33 Build to Stock 12667
34 Bullwhip Effect 9228
35 Business Logistics 25003
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12282
37 Capacity Management 39362
38 Capacity Utilization 13708
39 Capital Intensive 8045
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8313
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11792
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8748
44 Co-Destiny 9006
45 Co-managed Inventory 12154
46 Co-Packers 11517
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6576
48 Computer-Based Training 7464
49 Consular Invoice 19261
50 Container Depot 10318
51 Container Freight Station 10098
52 Continuous Replenishment 19155
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11774
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7725
57 Cost Flow 10033
58 Courier Service 14786
59 CPFR 7965
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11494
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43220
62 Date Code 17689
63 Days of Supply 19423
64 Dead on Arrival 8887
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7056
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7823
67 Detective Control 8672
68 Devanning 13955
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10561
70 Dispatching 23560
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33972
73 Distribution Metrics 8670
74 Distribution Planning 23860
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14809
76 Double Marginalization 52131
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21958
78 Dual 5232
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25829
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37917
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48757
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7383
84 Efficient Frontier 24911
85 Engineer-to-Order 31207
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15884
87 Erlang B Formula 9058
88 ETD 8060
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13104
91 Exponential smoothing 9586
92 External Growth 9796
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9183
94 Field Services 7570
95 Field Warehouse 9656
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14278
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26473
99 Flow Through Distribution 12011
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7893
101 FOB Destination 12646
102 Forward buying 29675
103 Freight Charge 10070
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8092
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11372
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29130
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12405
109 Hub 23002
110 Idle Time 7843
111 Import/Export License 8454
112 In Bond Shipment 13577
113 Inbound Logistics 13175
114 Interstate System 10761
115 Inventory Costs 52652
116 Inventory in Transit 16054
117 Inventory Management 53757
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21867
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41236
121 JIT 2 18186
122 Job Production 26520
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8732
124 Kanban Squares 6593
125 Laid-Down Cost 9870
126 Lean Office 5781
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8331
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13776
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36203
 
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