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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 9387
32 Buffer Stock 58853
33 Build to Stock 12839
34 Bullwhip Effect 9452
35 Business Logistics 25420
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12461
37 Capacity Management 40116
38 Capacity Utilization 13960
39 Capital Intensive 8277
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8590
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12006
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8858
44 Co-Destiny 9184
45 Co-managed Inventory 12357
46 Co-Packers 11671
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19571
50 Container Depot 10518
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19360
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11968
54 Contract Carrier 7272
55 Contract of Affreightment 11315
56 Control Charts 7878
57 Cost Flow 10178
58 Courier Service 15089
59 CPFR 8128
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11687
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43859
62 Date Code 18054
63 Days of Supply 19691
64 Dead on Arrival 9108
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8816
68 Devanning 14125
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10761
70 Dispatching 24199
71 Distributed Inventory 8272
72 Distribution Channel Management 34472
73 Distribution Metrics 8962
74 Distribution Planning 24077
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15072
76 Double Marginalization 52468
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22169
78 Dual 5375
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20482
80 Echelon Inventory 26036
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38141
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49372
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7528
84 Efficient Frontier 25283
85 Engineer-to-Order 31560
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16243
87 Erlang B Formula 9250
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7768
90 Exception Rate 13345
91 Exponential smoothing 9747
92 External Growth 9961
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9339
94 Field Services 7675
95 Field Warehouse 9927
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14503
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26830
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8071
101 FOB Destination 12914
102 Forward buying 29926
103 Freight Charge 10235
104 Freight Consolidation 7446
105 Gantt Chart 8215
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11612
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29410
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12576
109 Hub 23272
110 Idle Time 7980
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13793
113 Inbound Logistics 13440
114 Interstate System 10907
115 Inventory Costs 53279
116 Inventory in Transit 16308
117 Inventory Management 54418
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22156
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42192
121 JIT 2 18344
122 Job Production 27258
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8948
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10049
126 Lean Office 5944
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10803
128 Lee's Notation 8489
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14073
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36886
 
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