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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 9598
32 Buffer Stock 59475
33 Build to Stock 13073
34 Bullwhip Effect 9738
35 Business Logistics 25858
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12626
37 Capacity Management 40802
38 Capacity Utilization 14176
39 Capital Intensive 8493
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8827
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12205
42 Certified Supplier 9008
43 Channel Effectiveness 8981
44 Co-Destiny 9358
45 Co-managed Inventory 12627
46 Co-Packers 11833
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6937
48 Computer-Based Training 7739
49 Consular Invoice 19902
50 Container Depot 10658
51 Container Freight Station 10316
52 Continuous Replenishment 19628
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12139
54 Contract Carrier 7352
55 Contract of Affreightment 11467
56 Control Charts 8010
57 Cost Flow 10337
58 Courier Service 15313
59 CPFR 8273
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11863
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44305
62 Date Code 18338
63 Days of Supply 19919
64 Dead on Arrival 9404
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7357
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8174
67 Detective Control 8967
68 Devanning 14274
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11026
70 Dispatching 24639
71 Distributed Inventory 8411
72 Distribution Channel Management 34931
73 Distribution Metrics 9210
74 Distribution Planning 24275
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15306
76 Double Marginalization 52864
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22466
78 Dual 5480
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20684
80 Echelon Inventory 26282
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38335
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49924
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7669
84 Efficient Frontier 25588
85 Engineer-to-Order 31853
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16635
87 Erlang B Formula 9403
88 ETD 8378
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13569
91 Exponential smoothing 9874
92 External Growth 10146
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9574
94 Field Services 7782
95 Field Warehouse 10685
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8860
97 Fishbone Diagram 14677
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27167
99 Flow Through Distribution 12381
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8242
101 FOB Destination 13120
102 Forward buying 30295
103 Freight Charge 10461
104 Freight Consolidation 7581
105 Gantt Chart 8334
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11802
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29671
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12753
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8121
111 Import/Export License 8783
112 In Bond Shipment 14041
113 Inbound Logistics 13659
114 Interstate System 11068
115 Inventory Costs 53859
116 Inventory in Transit 16607
117 Inventory Management 55005
118 Inventory Planning System 9921
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22382
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43096
121 JIT 2 18503
122 Job Production 27928
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9198
124 Kanban Squares 6894
125 Laid-Down Cost 10282
126 Lean Office 6179
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8619
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14339
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37442
 
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