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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 9403
32 Buffer Stock 58889
33 Build to Stock 12846
34 Bullwhip Effect 9463
35 Business Logistics 25436
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12469
37 Capacity Management 40146
38 Capacity Utilization 13968
39 Capital Intensive 8287
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8601
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12017
42 Certified Supplier 8906
43 Channel Effectiveness 8861
44 Co-Destiny 9194
45 Co-managed Inventory 12364
46 Co-Packers 11678
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6772
48 Computer-Based Training 7616
49 Consular Invoice 19592
50 Container Depot 10528
51 Container Freight Station 10218
52 Continuous Replenishment 19370
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11976
54 Contract Carrier 7276
55 Contract of Affreightment 11324
56 Control Charts 7889
57 Cost Flow 10186
58 Courier Service 15098
59 CPFR 8139
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11695
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43880
62 Date Code 18068
63 Days of Supply 19699
64 Dead on Arrival 9123
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7225
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8013
67 Detective Control 8829
68 Devanning 14131
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10771
70 Dispatching 24236
71 Distributed Inventory 8280
72 Distribution Channel Management 34491
73 Distribution Metrics 8972
74 Distribution Planning 24086
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15085
76 Double Marginalization 52483
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22179
78 Dual 5380
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20489
80 Echelon Inventory 26048
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38152
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49398
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7537
84 Efficient Frontier 25295
85 Engineer-to-Order 31568
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16256
87 Erlang B Formula 9264
88 ETD 8248
89 Ex Works 7775
90 Exception Rate 13359
91 Exponential smoothing 9751
92 External Growth 9972
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9344
94 Field Services 7683
95 Field Warehouse 9986
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8649
97 Fishbone Diagram 14508
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26840
99 Flow Through Distribution 12211
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8082
101 FOB Destination 12927
102 Forward buying 29940
103 Freight Charge 10240
104 Freight Consolidation 7454
105 Gantt Chart 8223
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11621
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29427
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12583
109 Hub 23282
110 Idle Time 7986
111 Import/Export License 8628
112 In Bond Shipment 13807
113 Inbound Logistics 13453
114 Interstate System 10914
115 Inventory Costs 53304
116 Inventory in Transit 16315
117 Inventory Management 54436
118 Inventory Planning System 9713
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22166
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42233
121 JIT 2 18356
122 Job Production 27289
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8959
124 Kanban Squares 6761
125 Laid-Down Cost 10056
126 Lean Office 5951
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10808
128 Lee's Notation 8494
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14081
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36912
 
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