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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 9453
32 Buffer Stock 59100
33 Build to Stock 12885
34 Bullwhip Effect 9526
35 Business Logistics 25547
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12524
37 Capacity Management 40329
38 Capacity Utilization 14038
39 Capital Intensive 8353
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8664
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12066
42 Certified Supplier 8934
43 Channel Effectiveness 8894
44 Co-Destiny 9246
45 Co-managed Inventory 12413
46 Co-Packers 11722
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6815
48 Computer-Based Training 7658
49 Consular Invoice 19688
50 Container Depot 10566
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19417
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12028
54 Contract Carrier 7296
55 Contract of Affreightment 11372
56 Control Charts 7923
57 Cost Flow 10221
58 Courier Service 15171
59 CPFR 8179
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11740
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44019
62 Date Code 18144
63 Days of Supply 19764
64 Dead on Arrival 9184
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7269
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8063
67 Detective Control 8871
68 Devanning 14173
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10818
70 Dispatching 24380
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34608
73 Distribution Metrics 9045
74 Distribution Planning 24141
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15155
76 Double Marginalization 52567
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22233
78 Dual 5409
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20550
80 Echelon Inventory 26128
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38203
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49543
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7572
84 Efficient Frontier 25385
85 Engineer-to-Order 31653
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16343
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8287
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13425
91 Exponential smoothing 9787
92 External Growth 10022
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9383
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10270
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8707
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26931
99 Flow Through Distribution 12263
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8127
101 FOB Destination 12972
102 Forward buying 30013
103 Freight Charge 10279
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8257
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11677
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29505
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12633
109 Hub 23349
110 Idle Time 8026
111 Import/Export License 8669
112 In Bond Shipment 13880
113 Inbound Logistics 13521
114 Interstate System 10960
115 Inventory Costs 53443
116 Inventory in Transit 16380
117 Inventory Management 54577
118 Inventory Planning System 9745
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22235
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42476
121 JIT 2 18393
122 Job Production 27461
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9008
124 Kanban Squares 6797
125 Laid-Down Cost 10113
126 Lean Office 5992
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8529
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14155
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37084
 
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