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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 9424
32 Buffer Stock 58964
33 Build to Stock 12860
34 Bullwhip Effect 9485
35 Business Logistics 25473
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12486
37 Capacity Management 40206
38 Capacity Utilization 13990
39 Capital Intensive 8308
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8617
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12033
42 Certified Supplier 8916
43 Channel Effectiveness 8872
44 Co-Destiny 9210
45 Co-managed Inventory 12381
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6783
48 Computer-Based Training 7628
49 Consular Invoice 19617
50 Container Depot 10539
51 Container Freight Station 10228
52 Continuous Replenishment 19385
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11994
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11338
56 Control Charts 7898
57 Cost Flow 10196
58 Courier Service 15120
59 CPFR 8151
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11707
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43936
62 Date Code 18086
63 Days of Supply 19721
64 Dead on Arrival 9143
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7237
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8029
67 Detective Control 8844
68 Devanning 14145
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10787
70 Dispatching 24284
71 Distributed Inventory 8291
72 Distribution Channel Management 34524
73 Distribution Metrics 8999
74 Distribution Planning 24103
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15107
76 Double Marginalization 52511
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22196
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20508
80 Echelon Inventory 26075
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38169
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49448
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7547
84 Efficient Frontier 25322
85 Engineer-to-Order 31600
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16281
87 Erlang B Formula 9274
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7783
90 Exception Rate 13383
91 Exponential smoothing 9764
92 External Growth 9989
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7694
95 Field Warehouse 10081
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8673
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26871
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8091
101 FOB Destination 12942
102 Forward buying 29962
103 Freight Charge 10255
104 Freight Consolidation 7467
105 Gantt Chart 8231
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11638
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29454
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12602
109 Hub 23302
110 Idle Time 7998
111 Import/Export License 8645
112 In Bond Shipment 13829
113 Inbound Logistics 13476
114 Interstate System 10931
115 Inventory Costs 53351
116 Inventory in Transit 16336
117 Inventory Management 54485
118 Inventory Planning System 9725
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22191
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42321
121 JIT 2 18365
122 Job Production 27342
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8972
124 Kanban Squares 6771
125 Laid-Down Cost 10072
126 Lean Office 5964
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10814
128 Lee's Notation 8505
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14108
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36962
 
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