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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 9555
32 Buffer Stock 59361
33 Build to Stock 13047
34 Bullwhip Effect 9700
35 Business Logistics 25795
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12591
37 Capacity Management 40635
38 Capacity Utilization 14137
39 Capital Intensive 8441
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8777
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12168
42 Certified Supplier 8982
43 Channel Effectiveness 8953
44 Co-Destiny 9325
45 Co-managed Inventory 12593
46 Co-Packers 11803
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6905
48 Computer-Based Training 7711
49 Consular Invoice 19837
50 Container Depot 10629
51 Container Freight Station 10299
52 Continuous Replenishment 19595
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12109
54 Contract Carrier 7332
55 Contract of Affreightment 11440
56 Control Charts 7981
57 Cost Flow 10296
58 Courier Service 15279
59 CPFR 8248
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11827
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44223
62 Date Code 18275
63 Days of Supply 19869
64 Dead on Arrival 9354
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7332
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8139
67 Detective Control 8931
68 Devanning 14237
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10990
70 Dispatching 24573
71 Distributed Inventory 8378
72 Distribution Channel Management 34821
73 Distribution Metrics 9151
74 Distribution Planning 24234
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15254
76 Double Marginalization 52803
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22419
78 Dual 5460
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20640
80 Echelon Inventory 26243
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38299
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49804
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7637
84 Efficient Frontier 25538
85 Engineer-to-Order 31800
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16565
87 Erlang B Formula 9370
88 ETD 8349
89 Ex Works 7855
90 Exception Rate 13523
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10107
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9540
94 Field Services 7762
95 Field Warehouse 10566
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8804
97 Fishbone Diagram 14635
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27094
99 Flow Through Distribution 12343
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8202
101 FOB Destination 13065
102 Forward buying 30228
103 Freight Charge 10431
104 Freight Consolidation 7551
105 Gantt Chart 8311
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11761
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29624
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12717
109 Hub 23471
110 Idle Time 8089
111 Import/Export License 8747
112 In Bond Shipment 13997
113 Inbound Logistics 13620
114 Interstate System 11030
115 Inventory Costs 53738
116 Inventory in Transit 16567
117 Inventory Management 54908
118 Inventory Planning System 9893
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22337
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42889
121 JIT 2 18468
122 Job Production 27797
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9166
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10226
126 Lean Office 6144
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8585
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14278
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37359
 
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