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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 9218
32 Buffer Stock 58307
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9279
35 Business Logistics 25091
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12314
37 Capacity Management 39517
38 Capacity Utilization 13764
39 Capital Intensive 8093
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8370
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11834
42 Certified Supplier 8804
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9042
45 Co-managed Inventory 12196
46 Co-Packers 11545
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6608
48 Computer-Based Training 7489
49 Consular Invoice 19329
50 Container Depot 10356
51 Container Freight Station 10122
52 Continuous Replenishment 19194
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11814
54 Contract Carrier 7199
55 Contract of Affreightment 11183
56 Control Charts 7756
57 Cost Flow 10064
58 Courier Service 14861
59 CPFR 8004
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11532
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43344
62 Date Code 17748
63 Days of Supply 19480
64 Dead on Arrival 8934
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7083
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7865
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13993
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10603
70 Dispatching 23655
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34074
73 Distribution Metrics 8722
74 Distribution Planning 23907
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14864
76 Double Marginalization 52215
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21997
78 Dual 5271
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20303
80 Echelon Inventory 25865
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37963
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48887
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7412
84 Efficient Frontier 24986
85 Engineer-to-Order 31268
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15970
87 Erlang B Formula 9102
88 ETD 8093
89 Ex Works 7677
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9615
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8438
97 Fishbone Diagram 14311
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26541
99 Flow Through Distribution 12054
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7930
101 FOB Destination 12689
102 Forward buying 29733
103 Freight Charge 10105
104 Freight Consolidation 7330
105 Gantt Chart 8120
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11429
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29192
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23062
110 Idle Time 7870
111 Import/Export License 8489
112 In Bond Shipment 13620
113 Inbound Logistics 13226
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52783
116 Inventory in Transit 16107
117 Inventory Management 53871
118 Inventory Planning System 9587
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21936
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41426
121 JIT 2 18218
122 Job Production 26666
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8771
124 Kanban Squares 6627
125 Laid-Down Cost 9896
126 Lean Office 5811
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10743
128 Lee's Notation 8365
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13834
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36325
 
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