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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 9334
32 Buffer Stock 58662
33 Build to Stock 12798
34 Bullwhip Effect 9394
35 Business Logistics 25308
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12406
37 Capacity Management 39938
38 Capacity Utilization 13897
39 Capital Intensive 8216
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8518
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11951
42 Certified Supplier 8867
43 Channel Effectiveness 8827
44 Co-Destiny 9131
45 Co-managed Inventory 12302
46 Co-Packers 11625
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6714
48 Computer-Based Training 7569
49 Consular Invoice 19489
50 Container Depot 10460
51 Container Freight Station 10189
52 Continuous Replenishment 19306
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11919
54 Contract Carrier 7246
55 Contract of Affreightment 11278
56 Control Charts 7836
57 Cost Flow 10145
58 Courier Service 15018
59 CPFR 8087
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11630
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43708
62 Date Code 17947
63 Days of Supply 19626
64 Dead on Arrival 9056
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7171
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7964
67 Detective Control 8769
68 Devanning 14085
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10707
70 Dispatching 24008
71 Distributed Inventory 8233
72 Distribution Channel Management 34351
73 Distribution Metrics 8884
74 Distribution Planning 24017
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14999
76 Double Marginalization 52383
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22115
78 Dual 5344
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20421
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38075
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49207
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7493
84 Efficient Frontier 25190
85 Engineer-to-Order 31463
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16135
87 Erlang B Formula 9199
88 ETD 8182
89 Ex Works 7734
90 Exception Rate 13279
91 Exponential smoothing 9701
92 External Growth 9915
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9293
94 Field Services 7645
95 Field Warehouse 9781
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8571
97 Fishbone Diagram 14447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26736
99 Flow Through Distribution 12151
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8027
101 FOB Destination 12839
102 Forward buying 29858
103 Freight Charge 10192
104 Freight Consolidation 7413
105 Gantt Chart 8188
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11554
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29341
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12530
109 Hub 23202
110 Idle Time 7942
111 Import/Export License 8580
112 In Bond Shipment 13741
113 Inbound Logistics 13368
114 Interstate System 10856
115 Inventory Costs 53116
116 Inventory in Transit 16246
117 Inventory Management 54219
118 Inventory Planning System 9669
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22094
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41924
121 JIT 2 18307
122 Job Production 27052
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8894
124 Kanban Squares 6718
125 Laid-Down Cost 9994
126 Lean Office 5901
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8444
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13991
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36679
 
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