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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 9443
32 Buffer Stock 59058
33 Build to Stock 12878
34 Bullwhip Effect 9509
35 Business Logistics 25519
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12510
37 Capacity Management 40297
38 Capacity Utilization 14022
39 Capital Intensive 8337
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8647
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12057
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8884
44 Co-Destiny 9235
45 Co-managed Inventory 12405
46 Co-Packers 11712
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6802
48 Computer-Based Training 7646
49 Consular Invoice 19663
50 Container Depot 10557
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19408
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12016
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11358
56 Control Charts 7913
57 Cost Flow 10215
58 Courier Service 15157
59 CPFR 8169
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11730
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43995
62 Date Code 18126
63 Days of Supply 19752
64 Dead on Arrival 9174
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7258
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8053
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14165
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10813
70 Dispatching 24348
71 Distributed Inventory 8303
72 Distribution Channel Management 34577
73 Distribution Metrics 9028
74 Distribution Planning 24130
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15137
76 Double Marginalization 52553
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22223
78 Dual 5403
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20533
80 Echelon Inventory 26110
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38194
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49508
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7565
84 Efficient Frontier 25366
85 Engineer-to-Order 31637
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16324
87 Erlang B Formula 9298
88 ETD 8277
89 Ex Works 7793
90 Exception Rate 13411
91 Exponential smoothing 9779
92 External Growth 10013
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10203
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8697
97 Fishbone Diagram 14547
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26909
99 Flow Through Distribution 12252
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12962
102 Forward buying 29995
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7484
105 Gantt Chart 8249
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29487
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23337
110 Idle Time 8015
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13864
113 Inbound Logistics 13506
114 Interstate System 10951
115 Inventory Costs 53410
116 Inventory in Transit 16364
117 Inventory Management 54548
118 Inventory Planning System 9738
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22223
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42434
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27421
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8996
124 Kanban Squares 6788
125 Laid-Down Cost 10101
126 Lean Office 5977
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10829
128 Lee's Notation 8520
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14141
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37054
 
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