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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 9222
32 Buffer Stock 58319
33 Build to Stock 12711
34 Bullwhip Effect 9284
35 Business Logistics 25099
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12316
37 Capacity Management 39539
38 Capacity Utilization 13772
39 Capital Intensive 8098
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8375
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11840
42 Certified Supplier 8807
43 Channel Effectiveness 8773
44 Co-Destiny 9044
45 Co-managed Inventory 12203
46 Co-Packers 11552
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6614
48 Computer-Based Training 7493
49 Consular Invoice 19332
50 Container Depot 10360
51 Container Freight Station 10125
52 Continuous Replenishment 19199
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11820
54 Contract Carrier 7202
55 Contract of Affreightment 11187
56 Control Charts 7758
57 Cost Flow 10067
58 Courier Service 14871
59 CPFR 8007
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11534
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43368
62 Date Code 17755
63 Days of Supply 19491
64 Dead on Arrival 8939
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7087
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7869
67 Detective Control 8695
68 Devanning 13997
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10606
70 Dispatching 23671
71 Distributed Inventory 8169
72 Distribution Channel Management 34085
73 Distribution Metrics 8728
74 Distribution Planning 23914
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14868
76 Double Marginalization 52224
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22004
78 Dual 5274
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20309
80 Echelon Inventory 25874
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37967
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48903
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7415
84 Efficient Frontier 24993
85 Engineer-to-Order 31277
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15976
87 Erlang B Formula 9108
88 ETD 8097
89 Ex Works 7678
90 Exception Rate 13161
91 Exponential smoothing 9617
92 External Growth 9833
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9217
94 Field Services 7586
95 Field Warehouse 9696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8445
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26550
99 Flow Through Distribution 12060
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7934
101 FOB Destination 12696
102 Forward buying 29738
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7333
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11436
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29198
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12436
109 Hub 23067
110 Idle Time 7873
111 Import/Export License 8491
112 In Bond Shipment 13627
113 Inbound Logistics 13233
114 Interstate System 10785
115 Inventory Costs 52794
116 Inventory in Transit 16112
117 Inventory Management 53890
118 Inventory Planning System 9595
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21945
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41457
121 JIT 2 18220
122 Job Production 26688
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8775
124 Kanban Squares 6631
125 Laid-Down Cost 9899
126 Lean Office 5813
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10745
128 Lee's Notation 8366
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13843
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36340
 
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