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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 9556
32 Buffer Stock 59364
33 Build to Stock 13047
34 Bullwhip Effect 9702
35 Business Logistics 25796
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12591
37 Capacity Management 40640
38 Capacity Utilization 14137
39 Capital Intensive 8442
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8779
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12168
42 Certified Supplier 8982
43 Channel Effectiveness 8953
44 Co-Destiny 9326
45 Co-managed Inventory 12594
46 Co-Packers 11803
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6905
48 Computer-Based Training 7711
49 Consular Invoice 19839
50 Container Depot 10629
51 Container Freight Station 10299
52 Continuous Replenishment 19595
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12109
54 Contract Carrier 7334
55 Contract of Affreightment 11441
56 Control Charts 7981
57 Cost Flow 10296
58 Courier Service 15280
59 CPFR 8248
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11828
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44225
62 Date Code 18277
63 Days of Supply 19871
64 Dead on Arrival 9355
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7332
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8141
67 Detective Control 8931
68 Devanning 14237
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10992
70 Dispatching 24574
71 Distributed Inventory 8378
72 Distribution Channel Management 34825
73 Distribution Metrics 9156
74 Distribution Planning 24234
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15255
76 Double Marginalization 52804
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22420
78 Dual 5461
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20641
80 Echelon Inventory 26243
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38300
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49809
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7637
84 Efficient Frontier 25541
85 Engineer-to-Order 31804
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16572
87 Erlang B Formula 9370
88 ETD 8350
89 Ex Works 7856
90 Exception Rate 13526
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10107
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9542
94 Field Services 7762
95 Field Warehouse 10569
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8808
97 Fishbone Diagram 14636
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27099
99 Flow Through Distribution 12343
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8202
101 FOB Destination 13068
102 Forward buying 30231
103 Freight Charge 10434
104 Freight Consolidation 7551
105 Gantt Chart 8312
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11764
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29625
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12719
109 Hub 23476
110 Idle Time 8092
111 Import/Export License 8748
112 In Bond Shipment 13998
113 Inbound Logistics 13620
114 Interstate System 11032
115 Inventory Costs 53743
116 Inventory in Transit 16567
117 Inventory Management 54911
118 Inventory Planning System 9894
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22339
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42907
121 JIT 2 18470
122 Job Production 27801
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9167
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10226
126 Lean Office 6144
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10871
128 Lee's Notation 8585
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14278
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37363
 
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