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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 9094
32 Buffer Stock 58003
33 Build to Stock 12621
34 Bullwhip Effect 9180
35 Business Logistics 24902
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12251
37 Capacity Management 39137
38 Capacity Utilization 13653
39 Capital Intensive 7998
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8248
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11737
42 Certified Supplier 8758
43 Channel Effectiveness 8714
44 Co-Destiny 8980
45 Co-managed Inventory 12108
46 Co-Packers 11492
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6533
48 Computer-Based Training 7443
49 Consular Invoice 19178
50 Container Depot 10275
51 Container Freight Station 10075
52 Continuous Replenishment 19108
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11741
54 Contract Carrier 7162
55 Contract of Affreightment 11131
56 Control Charts 7692
57 Cost Flow 10000
58 Courier Service 14708
59 CPFR 7932
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11456
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43039
62 Date Code 17616
63 Days of Supply 19357
64 Dead on Arrival 8838
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7036
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7789
67 Detective Control 8649
68 Devanning 13931
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10504
70 Dispatching 23442
71 Distributed Inventory 8122
72 Distribution Channel Management 33836
73 Distribution Metrics 8603
74 Distribution Planning 23813
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14748
76 Double Marginalization 52019
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21918
78 Dual 5205
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20245
80 Echelon Inventory 25789
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37860
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48599
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7354
84 Efficient Frontier 24833
85 Engineer-to-Order 31128
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15798
87 Erlang B Formula 9013
88 ETD 8031
89 Ex Works 7634
90 Exception Rate 13042
91 Exponential smoothing 9551
92 External Growth 9759
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9154
94 Field Services 7545
95 Field Warehouse 9615
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8332
97 Fishbone Diagram 14228
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26404
99 Flow Through Distribution 11975
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7852
101 FOB Destination 12592
102 Forward buying 29615
103 Freight Charge 10043
104 Freight Consolidation 7254
105 Gantt Chart 8067
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11327
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29012
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22945
110 Idle Time 7805
111 Import/Export License 8407
112 In Bond Shipment 13509
113 Inbound Logistics 13127
114 Interstate System 10742
115 Inventory Costs 52472
116 Inventory in Transit 16005
117 Inventory Management 53615
118 Inventory Planning System 9524
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21798
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40965
121 JIT 2 18155
122 Job Production 26360
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8685
124 Kanban Squares 6557
125 Laid-Down Cost 9831
126 Lean Office 5748
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10701
128 Lee's Notation 8288
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13704
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36035
 
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