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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 9106
32 Buffer Stock 58024
33 Build to Stock 12623
34 Bullwhip Effect 9192
35 Business Logistics 24915
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12258
37 Capacity Management 39176
38 Capacity Utilization 13660
39 Capital Intensive 8006
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8261
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11744
42 Certified Supplier 8765
43 Channel Effectiveness 8719
44 Co-Destiny 8984
45 Co-managed Inventory 12111
46 Co-Packers 11494
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6542
48 Computer-Based Training 7444
49 Consular Invoice 19194
50 Container Depot 10284
51 Container Freight Station 10077
52 Continuous Replenishment 19113
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11744
54 Contract Carrier 7165
55 Contract of Affreightment 11134
56 Control Charts 7697
57 Cost Flow 10008
58 Courier Service 14726
59 CPFR 7937
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11461
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43065
62 Date Code 17624
63 Days of Supply 19368
64 Dead on Arrival 8842
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7038
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7794
67 Detective Control 8653
68 Devanning 13934
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10525
70 Dispatching 23460
71 Distributed Inventory 8125
72 Distribution Channel Management 33858
73 Distribution Metrics 8617
74 Distribution Planning 23818
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14760
76 Double Marginalization 52045
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21926
78 Dual 5213
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20252
80 Echelon Inventory 25792
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37873
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48618
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7356
84 Efficient Frontier 24842
85 Engineer-to-Order 31142
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15809
87 Erlang B Formula 9023
88 ETD 8036
89 Ex Works 7635
90 Exception Rate 13055
91 Exponential smoothing 9561
92 External Growth 9764
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9156
94 Field Services 7550
95 Field Warehouse 9622
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8341
97 Fishbone Diagram 14233
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26416
99 Flow Through Distribution 11979
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7860
101 FOB Destination 12600
102 Forward buying 29623
103 Freight Charge 10047
104 Freight Consolidation 7260
105 Gantt Chart 8072
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11335
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29030
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22951
110 Idle Time 7811
111 Import/Export License 8414
112 In Bond Shipment 13523
113 Inbound Logistics 13136
114 Interstate System 10744
115 Inventory Costs 52497
116 Inventory in Transit 16014
117 Inventory Management 53636
118 Inventory Planning System 9530
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21812
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41001
121 JIT 2 18159
122 Job Production 26379
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8690
124 Kanban Squares 6564
125 Laid-Down Cost 9838
126 Lean Office 5753
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10706
128 Lee's Notation 8295
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13713
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36060
 
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