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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 9362
32 Buffer Stock 58765
33 Build to Stock 12820
34 Bullwhip Effect 9428
35 Business Logistics 25370
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12442
37 Capacity Management 40043
38 Capacity Utilization 13928
39 Capital Intensive 8251
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8556
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11981
42 Certified Supplier 8886
43 Channel Effectiveness 8844
44 Co-Destiny 9160
45 Co-managed Inventory 12330
46 Co-Packers 11652
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6738
48 Computer-Based Training 7589
49 Consular Invoice 19537
50 Container Depot 10493
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19336
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11946
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11302
56 Control Charts 7861
57 Cost Flow 10163
58 Courier Service 15064
59 CPFR 8114
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11661
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43782
62 Date Code 18016
63 Days of Supply 19669
64 Dead on Arrival 9086
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7198
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7987
67 Detective Control 8796
68 Devanning 14111
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10739
70 Dispatching 24113
71 Distributed Inventory 8254
72 Distribution Channel Management 34408
73 Distribution Metrics 8926
74 Distribution Planning 24052
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15038
76 Double Marginalization 52428
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22146
78 Dual 5363
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20453
80 Echelon Inventory 26002
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38115
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49302
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7511
84 Efficient Frontier 25237
85 Engineer-to-Order 31517
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16199
87 Erlang B Formula 9229
88 ETD 8212
89 Ex Works 7752
90 Exception Rate 13318
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9319
94 Field Services 7661
95 Field Warehouse 9851
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8613
97 Fishbone Diagram 14476
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26789
99 Flow Through Distribution 12177
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8048
101 FOB Destination 12881
102 Forward buying 29896
103 Freight Charge 10218
104 Freight Consolidation 7432
105 Gantt Chart 8205
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11587
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29376
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12558
109 Hub 23238
110 Idle Time 7965
111 Import/Export License 8605
112 In Bond Shipment 13764
113 Inbound Logistics 13408
114 Interstate System 10886
115 Inventory Costs 53199
116 Inventory in Transit 16283
117 Inventory Management 54333
118 Inventory Planning System 9688
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22123
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42069
121 JIT 2 18324
122 Job Production 27175
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8926
124 Kanban Squares 6741
125 Laid-Down Cost 10024
126 Lean Office 5927
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8466
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14038
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36799
 
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