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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 9249
32 Buffer Stock 58369
33 Build to Stock 12725
34 Bullwhip Effect 9297
35 Business Logistics 25126
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12335
37 Capacity Management 39615
38 Capacity Utilization 13792
39 Capital Intensive 8116
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8396
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11861
42 Certified Supplier 8821
43 Channel Effectiveness 8783
44 Co-Destiny 9052
45 Co-managed Inventory 12219
46 Co-Packers 11557
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6628
48 Computer-Based Training 7513
49 Consular Invoice 19349
50 Container Depot 10377
51 Container Freight Station 10135
52 Continuous Replenishment 19217
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11840
54 Contract Carrier 7209
55 Contract of Affreightment 11203
56 Control Charts 7773
57 Cost Flow 10081
58 Courier Service 14904
59 CPFR 8022
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11551
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43413
62 Date Code 17778
63 Days of Supply 19511
64 Dead on Arrival 8957
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7093
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7884
67 Detective Control 8706
68 Devanning 14007
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10623
70 Dispatching 23715
71 Distributed Inventory 8184
72 Distribution Channel Management 34122
73 Distribution Metrics 8752
74 Distribution Planning 23930
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14884
76 Double Marginalization 52262
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22020
78 Dual 5295
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20322
80 Echelon Inventory 25886
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37983
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48954
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7429
84 Efficient Frontier 25021
85 Engineer-to-Order 31305
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15992
87 Erlang B Formula 9129
88 ETD 8107
89 Ex Works 7685
90 Exception Rate 13181
91 Exponential smoothing 9630
92 External Growth 9844
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9230
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9712
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8472
97 Fishbone Diagram 14337
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26573
99 Flow Through Distribution 12078
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7952
101 FOB Destination 12715
102 Forward buying 29762
103 Freight Charge 10123
104 Freight Consolidation 7351
105 Gantt Chart 8129
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11468
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29223
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12449
109 Hub 23092
110 Idle Time 7884
111 Import/Export License 8505
112 In Bond Shipment 13646
113 Inbound Logistics 13250
114 Interstate System 10796
115 Inventory Costs 52850
116 Inventory in Transit 16132
117 Inventory Management 53934
118 Inventory Planning System 9604
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21971
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41526
121 JIT 2 18237
122 Job Production 26750
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8799
124 Kanban Squares 6649
125 Laid-Down Cost 9910
126 Lean Office 5830
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10758
128 Lee's Notation 8378
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13869
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36380
 
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