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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 9260
32 Buffer Stock 58413
33 Build to Stock 12740
34 Bullwhip Effect 9310
35 Business Logistics 25150
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12345
37 Capacity Management 39669
38 Capacity Utilization 13810
39 Capital Intensive 8131
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8410
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11870
42 Certified Supplier 8831
43 Channel Effectiveness 8789
44 Co-Destiny 9062
45 Co-managed Inventory 12231
46 Co-Packers 11572
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6641
48 Computer-Based Training 7521
49 Consular Invoice 19369
50 Container Depot 10388
51 Container Freight Station 10138
52 Continuous Replenishment 19227
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11853
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11210
56 Control Charts 7783
57 Cost Flow 10089
58 Courier Service 14920
59 CPFR 8030
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11561
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43458
62 Date Code 17803
63 Days of Supply 19529
64 Dead on Arrival 8972
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7105
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7891
67 Detective Control 8716
68 Devanning 14021
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10635
70 Dispatching 23756
71 Distributed Inventory 8189
72 Distribution Channel Management 34151
73 Distribution Metrics 8771
74 Distribution Planning 23939
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14902
76 Double Marginalization 52278
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22030
78 Dual 5300
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20340
80 Echelon Inventory 25896
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37997
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48997
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7436
84 Efficient Frontier 25051
85 Engineer-to-Order 31326
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16012
87 Erlang B Formula 9134
88 ETD 8115
89 Ex Works 7692
90 Exception Rate 13195
91 Exponential smoothing 9642
92 External Growth 9853
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9237
94 Field Services 7604
95 Field Warehouse 9719
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8486
97 Fishbone Diagram 14356
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26597
99 Flow Through Distribution 12086
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7959
101 FOB Destination 12729
102 Forward buying 29784
103 Freight Charge 10131
104 Freight Consolidation 7357
105 Gantt Chart 8134
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11481
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29235
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12459
109 Hub 23106
110 Idle Time 7893
111 Import/Export License 8513
112 In Bond Shipment 13660
113 Inbound Logistics 13263
114 Interstate System 10799
115 Inventory Costs 52884
116 Inventory in Transit 16149
117 Inventory Management 53969
118 Inventory Planning System 9614
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21993
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41583
121 JIT 2 18250
122 Job Production 26793
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8810
124 Kanban Squares 6658
125 Laid-Down Cost 9923
126 Lean Office 5841
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8390
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13887
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36442
 
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