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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 9131
32 Buffer Stock 58099
33 Build to Stock 12646
34 Bullwhip Effect 9212
35 Business Logistics 24959
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12269
37 Capacity Management 39259
38 Capacity Utilization 13681
39 Capital Intensive 8029
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8287
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11770
42 Certified Supplier 8773
43 Channel Effectiveness 8733
44 Co-Destiny 8994
45 Co-managed Inventory 12131
46 Co-Packers 11506
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6559
48 Computer-Based Training 7452
49 Consular Invoice 19222
50 Container Depot 10301
51 Container Freight Station 10086
52 Continuous Replenishment 19137
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11758
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11146
56 Control Charts 7713
57 Cost Flow 10022
58 Courier Service 14758
59 CPFR 7951
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11474
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43154
62 Date Code 17654
63 Days of Supply 19393
64 Dead on Arrival 8863
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7047
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7809
67 Detective Control 8664
68 Devanning 13945
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10546
70 Dispatching 23513
71 Distributed Inventory 8137
72 Distribution Channel Management 33919
73 Distribution Metrics 8644
74 Distribution Planning 23838
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14787
76 Double Marginalization 52096
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21942
78 Dual 5221
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20268
80 Echelon Inventory 25809
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37896
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48688
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7370
84 Efficient Frontier 24874
85 Engineer-to-Order 31181
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15843
87 Erlang B Formula 9043
88 ETD 8050
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13083
91 Exponential smoothing 9574
92 External Growth 9783
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9170
94 Field Services 7563
95 Field Warehouse 9640
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8364
97 Fishbone Diagram 14258
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26444
99 Flow Through Distribution 11994
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7880
101 FOB Destination 12626
102 Forward buying 29651
103 Freight Charge 10060
104 Freight Consolidation 7276
105 Gantt Chart 8083
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11353
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29072
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12389
109 Hub 22980
110 Idle Time 7826
111 Import/Export License 8434
112 In Bond Shipment 13551
113 Inbound Logistics 13160
114 Interstate System 10752
115 Inventory Costs 52568
116 Inventory in Transit 16033
117 Inventory Management 53697
118 Inventory Planning System 9540
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21830
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41117
121 JIT 2 18176
122 Job Production 26447
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8713
124 Kanban Squares 6578
125 Laid-Down Cost 9855
126 Lean Office 5769
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10714
128 Lee's Notation 8317
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13748
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36136
 
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