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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 9508
32 Buffer Stock 59205
33 Build to Stock 12973
34 Bullwhip Effect 9630
35 Business Logistics 25676
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12563
37 Capacity Management 40463
38 Capacity Utilization 14090
39 Capital Intensive 8399
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8722
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12117
42 Certified Supplier 8962
43 Channel Effectiveness 8920
44 Co-Destiny 9290
45 Co-managed Inventory 12519
46 Co-Packers 11759
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6864
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19760
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19513
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12073
54 Contract Carrier 7316
55 Contract of Affreightment 11404
56 Control Charts 7957
57 Cost Flow 10263
58 Courier Service 15220
59 CPFR 8212
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11787
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44125
62 Date Code 18205
63 Days of Supply 19821
64 Dead on Arrival 9280
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8097
67 Detective Control 8902
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10911
70 Dispatching 24483
71 Distributed Inventory 8349
72 Distribution Channel Management 34706
73 Distribution Metrics 9099
74 Distribution Planning 24186
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15203
76 Double Marginalization 52677
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22335
78 Dual 5437
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20597
80 Echelon Inventory 26190
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38249
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49690
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7609
84 Efficient Frontier 25454
85 Engineer-to-Order 31719
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16463
87 Erlang B Formula 9341
88 ETD 8324
89 Ex Works 7828
90 Exception Rate 13479
91 Exponential smoothing 9822
92 External Growth 10064
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9471
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10420
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8747
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27006
99 Flow Through Distribution 12302
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
101 FOB Destination 13016
102 Forward buying 30114
103 Freight Charge 10370
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11721
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29572
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12671
109 Hub 23408
110 Idle Time 8061
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13937
113 Inbound Logistics 13570
114 Interstate System 10994
115 Inventory Costs 53591
116 Inventory in Transit 16486
117 Inventory Management 54738
118 Inventory Planning System 9828
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22285
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42659
121 JIT 2 18430
122 Job Production 27632
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9101
124 Kanban Squares 6824
125 Laid-Down Cost 10171
126 Lean Office 6086
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10848
128 Lee's Notation 8563
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14211
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37224
 
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