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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 9343
32 Buffer Stock 58691
33 Build to Stock 12804
34 Bullwhip Effect 9405
35 Business Logistics 25328
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12417
37 Capacity Management 39967
38 Capacity Utilization 13904
39 Capital Intensive 8224
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8530
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11961
42 Certified Supplier 8872
43 Channel Effectiveness 8832
44 Co-Destiny 9141
45 Co-managed Inventory 12304
46 Co-Packers 11633
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6726
48 Computer-Based Training 7575
49 Consular Invoice 19502
50 Container Depot 10472
51 Container Freight Station 10196
52 Continuous Replenishment 19313
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11927
54 Contract Carrier 7249
55 Contract of Affreightment 11282
56 Control Charts 7842
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15031
59 CPFR 8095
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11636
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43731
62 Date Code 17969
63 Days of Supply 19639
64 Dead on Arrival 9064
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7176
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7970
67 Detective Control 8778
68 Devanning 14093
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10715
70 Dispatching 24034
71 Distributed Inventory 8243
72 Distribution Channel Management 34368
73 Distribution Metrics 8897
74 Distribution Planning 24030
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15010
76 Double Marginalization 52396
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22124
78 Dual 5349
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20430
80 Echelon Inventory 25973
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38088
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49235
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7497
84 Efficient Frontier 25201
85 Engineer-to-Order 31480
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16157
87 Erlang B Formula 9210
88 ETD 8194
89 Ex Works 7740
90 Exception Rate 13292
91 Exponential smoothing 9716
92 External Growth 9922
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9302
94 Field Services 7650
95 Field Warehouse 9796
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8586
97 Fishbone Diagram 14453
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26750
99 Flow Through Distribution 12157
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8035
101 FOB Destination 12852
102 Forward buying 29868
103 Freight Charge 10202
104 Freight Consolidation 7416
105 Gantt Chart 8191
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11562
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29352
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23210
110 Idle Time 7952
111 Import/Export License 8586
112 In Bond Shipment 13747
113 Inbound Logistics 13380
114 Interstate System 10866
115 Inventory Costs 53147
116 Inventory in Transit 16257
117 Inventory Management 54250
118 Inventory Planning System 9673
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22097
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41968
121 JIT 2 18313
122 Job Production 27086
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8905
124 Kanban Squares 6725
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5908
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10786
128 Lee's Notation 8453
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14006
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36707
 
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