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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 9228
32 Buffer Stock 58329
33 Build to Stock 12716
34 Bullwhip Effect 9286
35 Business Logistics 25105
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12325
37 Capacity Management 39560
38 Capacity Utilization 13780
39 Capital Intensive 8102
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8384
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11846
42 Certified Supplier 8810
43 Channel Effectiveness 8775
44 Co-Destiny 9045
45 Co-managed Inventory 12208
46 Co-Packers 11554
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6620
48 Computer-Based Training 7497
49 Consular Invoice 19338
50 Container Depot 10365
51 Container Freight Station 10128
52 Continuous Replenishment 19204
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11826
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11191
56 Control Charts 7763
57 Cost Flow 10070
58 Courier Service 14880
59 CPFR 8011
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11540
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43378
62 Date Code 17761
63 Days of Supply 19496
64 Dead on Arrival 8944
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7089
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7873
67 Detective Control 8698
68 Devanning 13999
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10612
70 Dispatching 23684
71 Distributed Inventory 8174
72 Distribution Channel Management 34096
73 Distribution Metrics 8736
74 Distribution Planning 23919
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14871
76 Double Marginalization 52241
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22009
78 Dual 5278
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20313
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37971
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48918
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7420
84 Efficient Frontier 25002
85 Engineer-to-Order 31285
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15979
87 Erlang B Formula 9112
88 ETD 8100
89 Ex Works 7679
90 Exception Rate 13165
91 Exponential smoothing 9623
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7590
95 Field Warehouse 9700
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8455
97 Fishbone Diagram 14321
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26556
99 Flow Through Distribution 12063
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7941
101 FOB Destination 12699
102 Forward buying 29743
103 Freight Charge 10111
104 Freight Consolidation 7340
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11443
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29208
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12441
109 Hub 23073
110 Idle Time 7875
111 Import/Export License 8496
112 In Bond Shipment 13632
113 Inbound Logistics 13237
114 Interstate System 10787
115 Inventory Costs 52807
116 Inventory in Transit 16119
117 Inventory Management 53906
118 Inventory Planning System 9598
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21952
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41476
121 JIT 2 18225
122 Job Production 26713
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8781
124 Kanban Squares 6636
125 Laid-Down Cost 9905
126 Lean Office 5815
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10748
128 Lee's Notation 8370
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13853
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36350
 
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