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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 9586
32 Buffer Stock 59454
33 Build to Stock 13068
34 Bullwhip Effect 9725
35 Business Logistics 25841
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12616
37 Capacity Management 40760
38 Capacity Utilization 14168
39 Capital Intensive 8480
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8817
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12195
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8973
44 Co-Destiny 9346
45 Co-managed Inventory 12620
46 Co-Packers 11827
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6929
48 Computer-Based Training 7730
49 Consular Invoice 19887
50 Container Depot 10650
51 Container Freight Station 10312
52 Continuous Replenishment 19622
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12131
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11461
56 Control Charts 7996
57 Cost Flow 10326
58 Courier Service 15304
59 CPFR 8267
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11851
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44281
62 Date Code 18325
63 Days of Supply 19907
64 Dead on Arrival 9392
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7351
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8165
67 Detective Control 8955
68 Devanning 14265
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11017
70 Dispatching 24620
71 Distributed Inventory 8402
72 Distribution Channel Management 34901
73 Distribution Metrics 9196
74 Distribution Planning 24263
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15294
76 Double Marginalization 52849
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22453
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20672
80 Echelon Inventory 26269
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38326
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49895
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7661
84 Efficient Frontier 25580
85 Engineer-to-Order 31841
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16621
87 Erlang B Formula 9393
88 ETD 8371
89 Ex Works 7871
90 Exception Rate 13553
91 Exponential smoothing 9865
92 External Growth 10136
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10649
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14665
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27157
99 Flow Through Distribution 12370
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8229
101 FOB Destination 13111
102 Forward buying 30275
103 Freight Charge 10453
104 Freight Consolidation 7577
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11789
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29658
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12744
109 Hub 23511
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8773
112 In Bond Shipment 14026
113 Inbound Logistics 13646
114 Interstate System 11055
115 Inventory Costs 53831
116 Inventory in Transit 16594
117 Inventory Management 54981
118 Inventory Planning System 9912
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22366
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43054
121 JIT 2 18495
122 Job Production 27888
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9188
124 Kanban Squares 6881
125 Laid-Down Cost 10263
126 Lean Office 6167
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10886
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14324
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37423
 
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