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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 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59229
33 Build to Stock 13009
34 Bullwhip Effect 9663
35 Business Logistics 25714
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12567
37 Capacity Management 40499
38 Capacity Utilization 14100
39 Capital Intensive 8406
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8733
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12128
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8927
44 Co-Destiny 9295
45 Co-managed Inventory 12553
46 Co-Packers 11766
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6870
48 Computer-Based Training 7690
49 Consular Invoice 19775
50 Container Depot 10605
51 Container Freight Station 10274
52 Continuous Replenishment 19549
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11411
56 Control Charts 7960
57 Cost Flow 10270
58 Courier Service 15229
59 CPFR 8219
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11794
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44134
62 Date Code 18220
63 Days of Supply 19831
64 Dead on Arrival 9313
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8908
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10945
70 Dispatching 24505
71 Distributed Inventory 8353
72 Distribution Channel Management 34732
73 Distribution Metrics 9111
74 Distribution Planning 24198
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15209
76 Double Marginalization 52716
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22370
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20608
80 Echelon Inventory 26199
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38260
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49712
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25475
85 Engineer-to-Order 31731
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16502
87 Erlang B Formula 9343
88 ETD 8327
89 Ex Works 7832
90 Exception Rate 13488
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9504
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10441
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8755
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27020
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8173
101 FOB Destination 13028
102 Forward buying 30147
103 Freight Charge 10402
104 Freight Consolidation 7529
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11730
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29580
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12679
109 Hub 23425
110 Idle Time 8068
111 Import/Export License 8716
112 In Bond Shipment 13945
113 Inbound Logistics 13579
114 Interstate System 10999
115 Inventory Costs 53616
116 Inventory in Transit 16524
117 Inventory Management 54784
118 Inventory Planning System 9861
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22290
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42699
121 JIT 2 18438
122 Job Production 27652
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9135
124 Kanban Squares 6832
125 Laid-Down Cost 10184
126 Lean Office 6120
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10857
128 Lee's Notation 8567
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14223
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37267
 
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