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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 9718
32 Buffer Stock 59690
33 Build to Stock 13157
34 Bullwhip Effect 9874
35 Business Logistics 26056
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12719
37 Capacity Management 41181
38 Capacity Utilization 14321
39 Capital Intensive 8600
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8961
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12304
42 Certified Supplier 9067
43 Channel Effectiveness 9067
44 Co-Destiny 9447
45 Co-managed Inventory 12739
46 Co-Packers 11923
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7031
48 Computer-Based Training 7812
49 Consular Invoice 20051
50 Container Depot 10742
51 Container Freight Station 10384
52 Continuous Replenishment 19736
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12227
54 Contract Carrier 7404
55 Contract of Affreightment 11559
56 Control Charts 8074
57 Cost Flow 10428
58 Courier Service 15430
59 CPFR 8352
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11957
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44579
62 Date Code 18555
63 Days of Supply 20032
64 Dead on Arrival 9510
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7440
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9069
68 Devanning 14360
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11129
70 Dispatching 24838
71 Distributed Inventory 8478
72 Distribution Channel Management 35169
73 Distribution Metrics 9350
74 Distribution Planning 24399
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15441
76 Double Marginalization 53045
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22588
78 Dual 5548
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20776
80 Echelon Inventory 26467
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38471
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50213
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7748
84 Efficient Frontier 25755
85 Engineer-to-Order 32000
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16826
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8460
89 Ex Works 7947
90 Exception Rate 13690
91 Exponential smoothing 9950
92 External Growth 10246
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9678
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11055
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14785
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27361
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8349
101 FOB Destination 13235
102 Forward buying 30442
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7639
105 Gantt Chart 8389
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11940
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29784
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12854
109 Hub 23658
110 Idle Time 8198
111 Import/Export License 8860
112 In Bond Shipment 14145
113 Inbound Logistics 13763
114 Interstate System 11147
115 Inventory Costs 54127
116 Inventory in Transit 16757
117 Inventory Management 55315
118 Inventory Planning System 10007
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22526
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43496
121 JIT 2 18586
122 Job Production 28306
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9286
124 Kanban Squares 6983
125 Laid-Down Cost 10397
126 Lean Office 6262
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10928
128 Lee's Notation 8676
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14484
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37685
 
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