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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 9489
32 Buffer Stock 59170
33 Build to Stock 12927
34 Bullwhip Effect 9577
35 Business Logistics 25620
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12550
37 Capacity Management 40421
38 Capacity Utilization 14079
39 Capital Intensive 8387
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8709
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12106
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8912
44 Co-Destiny 9278
45 Co-managed Inventory 12467
46 Co-Packers 11749
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6849
48 Computer-Based Training 7678
49 Consular Invoice 19740
50 Container Depot 10590
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19462
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12057
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11397
56 Control Charts 7948
57 Cost Flow 10252
58 Courier Service 15208
59 CPFR 8200
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11774
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44094
62 Date Code 18189
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9230
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7294
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8084
67 Detective Control 8890
68 Devanning 14195
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10860
70 Dispatching 24457
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34677
73 Distribution Metrics 9088
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52627
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22284
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20581
80 Echelon Inventory 26174
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38239
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49652
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25438
85 Engineer-to-Order 31706
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16408
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13463
91 Exponential smoothing 9813
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9423
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10389
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14583
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26988
99 Flow Through Distribution 12291
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8159
101 FOB Destination 13004
102 Forward buying 30061
103 Freight Charge 10321
104 Freight Consolidation 7511
105 Gantt Chart 8277
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11712
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29554
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12660
109 Hub 23395
110 Idle Time 8055
111 Import/Export License 8698
112 In Bond Shipment 13926
113 Inbound Logistics 13558
114 Interstate System 10985
115 Inventory Costs 53558
116 Inventory in Transit 16438
117 Inventory Management 54674
118 Inventory Planning System 9782
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22267
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42605
121 JIT 2 18418
122 Job Production 27585
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9053
124 Kanban Squares 6814
125 Laid-Down Cost 10150
126 Lean Office 6037
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8551
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14200
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37169
 
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