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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 8994
32 Buffer Stock 57625
33 Build to Stock 12536
34 Bullwhip Effect 9097
35 Business Logistics 24723
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12183
37 Capacity Management 38684
38 Capacity Utilization 13544
39 Capital Intensive 7902
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8121
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11611
42 Certified Supplier 8706
43 Channel Effectiveness 8633
44 Co-Destiny 8903
45 Co-managed Inventory 12015
46 Co-Packers 11414
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6437
48 Computer-Based Training 7385
49 Consular Invoice 19041
50 Container Depot 10200
51 Container Freight Station 10012
52 Continuous Replenishment 19000
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11659
54 Contract Carrier 7116
55 Contract of Affreightment 11067
56 Control Charts 7612
57 Cost Flow 9932
58 Courier Service 14581
59 CPFR 7864
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11359
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42741
62 Date Code 17493
63 Days of Supply 19251
64 Dead on Arrival 8745
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6977
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7700
67 Detective Control 8585
68 Devanning 13852
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10412
70 Dispatching 23171
71 Distributed Inventory 8056
72 Distribution Channel Management 33594
73 Distribution Metrics 8467
74 Distribution Planning 23709
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14631
76 Double Marginalization 51822
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21807
78 Dual 5140
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20184
80 Echelon Inventory 25703
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37748
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48264
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7290
84 Efficient Frontier 24658
85 Engineer-to-Order 30980
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15606
87 Erlang B Formula 8930
88 ETD 7960
89 Ex Works 7566
90 Exception Rate 12930
91 Exponential smoothing 9476
92 External Growth 9685
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9082
94 Field Services 7486
95 Field Warehouse 9527
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8219
97 Fishbone Diagram 14137
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26246
99 Flow Through Distribution 11893
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7783
101 FOB Destination 12477
102 Forward buying 29465
103 Freight Charge 9980
104 Freight Consolidation 7190
105 Gantt Chart 7993
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11241
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28796
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12310
109 Hub 22819
110 Idle Time 7736
111 Import/Export License 8332
112 In Bond Shipment 13388
113 Inbound Logistics 13006
114 Interstate System 10689
115 Inventory Costs 52162
116 Inventory in Transit 15900
117 Inventory Management 53371
118 Inventory Planning System 9453
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21683
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40490
121 JIT 2 18078
122 Job Production 26108
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8600
124 Kanban Squares 6495
125 Laid-Down Cost 9719
126 Lean Office 5682
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10662
128 Lee's Notation 8213
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13585
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35751
 
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