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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 9140
32 Buffer Stock 58136
33 Build to Stock 12660
34 Bullwhip Effect 9221
35 Business Logistics 24984
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12273
37 Capacity Management 39311
38 Capacity Utilization 13697
39 Capital Intensive 8035
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8300
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11781
42 Certified Supplier 8777
43 Channel Effectiveness 8740
44 Co-Destiny 8998
45 Co-managed Inventory 12144
46 Co-Packers 11511
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6569
48 Computer-Based Training 7456
49 Consular Invoice 19247
50 Container Depot 10308
51 Container Freight Station 10091
52 Continuous Replenishment 19148
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11769
54 Contract Carrier 7179
55 Contract of Affreightment 11153
56 Control Charts 7716
57 Cost Flow 10027
58 Courier Service 14775
59 CPFR 7957
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11484
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43187
62 Date Code 17673
63 Days of Supply 19411
64 Dead on Arrival 8879
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7052
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7817
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13952
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10556
70 Dispatching 23533
71 Distributed Inventory 8141
72 Distribution Channel Management 33949
73 Distribution Metrics 8659
74 Distribution Planning 23845
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14799
76 Double Marginalization 52112
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21951
78 Dual 5226
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20273
80 Echelon Inventory 25824
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37910
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48727
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7375
84 Efficient Frontier 24895
85 Engineer-to-Order 31197
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15870
87 Erlang B Formula 9047
88 ETD 8055
89 Ex Works 7651
90 Exception Rate 13093
91 Exponential smoothing 9580
92 External Growth 9787
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9176
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9649
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8375
97 Fishbone Diagram 14270
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26461
99 Flow Through Distribution 12000
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
101 FOB Destination 12637
102 Forward buying 29664
103 Freight Charge 10064
104 Freight Consolidation 7286
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11362
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29120
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12397
109 Hub 22994
110 Idle Time 7834
111 Import/Export License 8446
112 In Bond Shipment 13566
113 Inbound Logistics 13169
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52616
116 Inventory in Transit 16047
117 Inventory Management 53730
118 Inventory Planning System 9548
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21852
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41174
121 JIT 2 18181
122 Job Production 26485
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8723
124 Kanban Squares 6584
125 Laid-Down Cost 9863
126 Lean Office 5773
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8326
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13761
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36181
 
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