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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 9416
32 Buffer Stock 58950
33 Build to Stock 12857
34 Bullwhip Effect 9481
35 Business Logistics 25464
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12481
37 Capacity Management 40193
38 Capacity Utilization 13984
39 Capital Intensive 8301
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8614
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12026
42 Certified Supplier 8914
43 Channel Effectiveness 8868
44 Co-Destiny 9206
45 Co-managed Inventory 12377
46 Co-Packers 11686
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6780
48 Computer-Based Training 7626
49 Consular Invoice 19611
50 Container Depot 10533
51 Container Freight Station 10223
52 Continuous Replenishment 19382
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11990
54 Contract Carrier 7282
55 Contract of Affreightment 11334
56 Control Charts 7895
57 Cost Flow 10192
58 Courier Service 15113
59 CPFR 8147
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11704
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43922
62 Date Code 18078
63 Days of Supply 19713
64 Dead on Arrival 9136
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7234
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8021
67 Detective Control 8840
68 Devanning 14141
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10782
70 Dispatching 24274
71 Distributed Inventory 8287
72 Distribution Channel Management 34518
73 Distribution Metrics 8992
74 Distribution Planning 24097
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15101
76 Double Marginalization 52501
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22192
78 Dual 5384
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20504
80 Echelon Inventory 26069
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38165
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49442
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7544
84 Efficient Frontier 25313
85 Engineer-to-Order 31591
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16274
87 Erlang B Formula 9269
88 ETD 8260
89 Ex Works 7780
90 Exception Rate 13377
91 Exponential smoothing 9760
92 External Growth 9986
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9354
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10060
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8669
97 Fishbone Diagram 14517
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26862
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8089
101 FOB Destination 12940
102 Forward buying 29956
103 Freight Charge 10251
104 Freight Consolidation 7463
105 Gantt Chart 8227
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11636
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29447
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12601
109 Hub 23299
110 Idle Time 7995
111 Import/Export License 8640
112 In Bond Shipment 13821
113 Inbound Logistics 13470
114 Interstate System 10927
115 Inventory Costs 53341
116 Inventory in Transit 16328
117 Inventory Management 54472
118 Inventory Planning System 9720
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22186
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42298
121 JIT 2 18364
122 Job Production 27335
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8969
124 Kanban Squares 6766
125 Laid-Down Cost 10067
126 Lean Office 5959
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8503
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14100
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36950
 
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