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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 9674
32 Buffer Stock 59609
33 Build to Stock 13126
34 Bullwhip Effect 9816
35 Business Logistics 25996
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41028
38 Capacity Utilization 14260
39 Capital Intensive 8558
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8907
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12260
42 Certified Supplier 9049
43 Channel Effectiveness 9031
44 Co-Destiny 9412
45 Co-managed Inventory 12695
46 Co-Packers 11890
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6989
48 Computer-Based Training 7781
49 Consular Invoice 19977
50 Container Depot 10704
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19690
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12190
54 Contract Carrier 7384
55 Contract of Affreightment 11522
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10388
58 Courier Service 15385
59 CPFR 8319
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44463
62 Date Code 18487
63 Days of Supply 19986
64 Dead on Arrival 9467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7404
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8231
67 Detective Control 9020
68 Devanning 14326
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11086
70 Dispatching 24758
71 Distributed Inventory 8455
72 Distribution Channel Management 35087
73 Distribution Metrics 9289
74 Distribution Planning 24354
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15390
76 Double Marginalization 52973
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22537
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20741
80 Echelon Inventory 26380
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38412
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50095
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7719
84 Efficient Frontier 25686
85 Engineer-to-Order 31941
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16749
87 Erlang B Formula 9453
88 ETD 8426
89 Ex Works 7919
90 Exception Rate 13647
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10202
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7813
95 Field Warehouse 10903
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8940
97 Fishbone Diagram 14735
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27283
99 Flow Through Distribution 12445
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8301
101 FOB Destination 13184
102 Forward buying 30381
103 Freight Charge 10508
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8366
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11877
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29740
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12805
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8160
111 Import/Export License 8830
112 In Bond Shipment 14098
113 Inbound Logistics 13720
114 Interstate System 11111
115 Inventory Costs 54024
116 Inventory in Transit 16689
117 Inventory Management 55187
118 Inventory Planning System 9967
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22476
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43295
121 JIT 2 18552
122 Job Production 28157
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9250
124 Kanban Squares 6951
125 Laid-Down Cost 10348
126 Lean Office 6230
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10911
128 Lee's Notation 8645
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14425
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37589
 
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