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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 9106
32 Buffer Stock 58019
33 Build to Stock 12622
34 Bullwhip Effect 9185
35 Business Logistics 24913
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12256
37 Capacity Management 39169
38 Capacity Utilization 13659
39 Capital Intensive 8004
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8260
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11744
42 Certified Supplier 8765
43 Channel Effectiveness 8719
44 Co-Destiny 8983
45 Co-managed Inventory 12111
46 Co-Packers 11494
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6541
48 Computer-Based Training 7444
49 Consular Invoice 19192
50 Container Depot 10282
51 Container Freight Station 10076
52 Continuous Replenishment 19113
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11744
54 Contract Carrier 7165
55 Contract of Affreightment 11133
56 Control Charts 7697
57 Cost Flow 10004
58 Courier Service 14719
59 CPFR 7936
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11460
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43062
62 Date Code 17622
63 Days of Supply 19363
64 Dead on Arrival 8841
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7038
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7794
67 Detective Control 8653
68 Devanning 13933
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10517
70 Dispatching 23458
71 Distributed Inventory 8125
72 Distribution Channel Management 33856
73 Distribution Metrics 8615
74 Distribution Planning 23817
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14758
76 Double Marginalization 52043
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21924
78 Dual 5210
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20250
80 Echelon Inventory 25792
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37873
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48614
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7356
84 Efficient Frontier 24840
85 Engineer-to-Order 31141
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15804
87 Erlang B Formula 9023
88 ETD 8035
89 Ex Works 7635
90 Exception Rate 13051
91 Exponential smoothing 9558
92 External Growth 9764
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9156
94 Field Services 7549
95 Field Warehouse 9621
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8341
97 Fishbone Diagram 14232
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26413
99 Flow Through Distribution 11979
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7858
101 FOB Destination 12598
102 Forward buying 29622
103 Freight Charge 10046
104 Freight Consolidation 7259
105 Gantt Chart 8071
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11334
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29026
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22950
110 Idle Time 7809
111 Import/Export License 8414
112 In Bond Shipment 13522
113 Inbound Logistics 13134
114 Interstate System 10743
115 Inventory Costs 52493
116 Inventory in Transit 16013
117 Inventory Management 53633
118 Inventory Planning System 9529
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21810
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40997
121 JIT 2 18159
122 Job Production 26378
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8690
124 Kanban Squares 6563
125 Laid-Down Cost 9838
126 Lean Office 5751
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10706
128 Lee's Notation 8292
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13712
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36057
 
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