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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 9388
32 Buffer Stock 58859
33 Build to Stock 12841
34 Bullwhip Effect 9454
35 Business Logistics 25422
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12465
37 Capacity Management 40121
38 Capacity Utilization 13961
39 Capital Intensive 8278
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8592
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12009
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9185
45 Co-managed Inventory 12358
46 Co-Packers 11672
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7610
49 Consular Invoice 19573
50 Container Depot 10519
51 Container Freight Station 10213
52 Continuous Replenishment 19362
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11969
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11319
56 Control Charts 7882
57 Cost Flow 10180
58 Courier Service 15091
59 CPFR 8130
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11687
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43865
62 Date Code 18056
63 Days of Supply 19692
64 Dead on Arrival 9111
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7219
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8819
68 Devanning 14126
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10762
70 Dispatching 24203
71 Distributed Inventory 8275
72 Distribution Channel Management 34476
73 Distribution Metrics 8964
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15075
76 Double Marginalization 52473
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22172
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20483
80 Echelon Inventory 26037
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38145
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49376
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7530
84 Efficient Frontier 25286
85 Engineer-to-Order 31564
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16248
87 Erlang B Formula 9252
88 ETD 8239
89 Ex Works 7770
90 Exception Rate 13349
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9963
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9341
94 Field Services 7676
95 Field Warehouse 9938
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8644
97 Fishbone Diagram 14504
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26832
99 Flow Through Distribution 12204
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8075
101 FOB Destination 12917
102 Forward buying 29929
103 Freight Charge 10236
104 Freight Consolidation 7448
105 Gantt Chart 8218
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11615
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29413
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12578
109 Hub 23274
110 Idle Time 7982
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13796
113 Inbound Logistics 13444
114 Interstate System 10909
115 Inventory Costs 53283
116 Inventory in Transit 16310
117 Inventory Management 54422
118 Inventory Planning System 9709
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22157
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42200
121 JIT 2 18346
122 Job Production 27264
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8951
124 Kanban Squares 6754
125 Laid-Down Cost 10050
126 Lean Office 5947
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10805
128 Lee's Notation 8491
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14074
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36891
 
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