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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 9610
32 Buffer Stock 59508
33 Build to Stock 13085
34 Bullwhip Effect 9761
35 Business Logistics 25888
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12639
37 Capacity Management 40847
38 Capacity Utilization 14199
39 Capital Intensive 8509
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8851
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12216
42 Certified Supplier 9019
43 Channel Effectiveness 8994
44 Co-Destiny 9371
45 Co-managed Inventory 12646
46 Co-Packers 11846
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6951
48 Computer-Based Training 7751
49 Consular Invoice 19919
50 Container Depot 10668
51 Container Freight Station 10327
52 Continuous Replenishment 19643
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12150
54 Contract Carrier 7359
55 Contract of Affreightment 11480
56 Control Charts 8019
57 Cost Flow 10348
58 Courier Service 15335
59 CPFR 8283
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11877
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44341
62 Date Code 18361
63 Days of Supply 19935
64 Dead on Arrival 9419
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7373
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8188
67 Detective Control 8979
68 Devanning 14287
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11043
70 Dispatching 24673
71 Distributed Inventory 8421
72 Distribution Channel Management 34966
73 Distribution Metrics 9228
74 Distribution Planning 24294
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15323
76 Double Marginalization 52888
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22479
78 Dual 5486
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20698
80 Echelon Inventory 26298
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38354
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49963
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7679
84 Efficient Frontier 25607
85 Engineer-to-Order 31871
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16662
87 Erlang B Formula 9413
88 ETD 8390
89 Ex Works 7883
90 Exception Rate 13585
91 Exponential smoothing 9884
92 External Growth 10160
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9585
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10727
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8875
97 Fishbone Diagram 14687
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27198
99 Flow Through Distribution 12396
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8251
101 FOB Destination 13134
102 Forward buying 30319
103 Freight Charge 10476
104 Freight Consolidation 7590
105 Gantt Chart 8341
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11818
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29686
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12765
109 Hub 23544
110 Idle Time 8131
111 Import/Export License 8796
112 In Bond Shipment 14057
113 Inbound Logistics 13674
114 Interstate System 11079
115 Inventory Costs 53902
116 Inventory in Transit 16626
117 Inventory Management 55046
118 Inventory Planning System 9933
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22403
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43143
121 JIT 2 18512
122 Job Production 27982
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9210
124 Kanban Squares 6908
125 Laid-Down Cost 10292
126 Lean Office 6191
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10896
128 Lee's Notation 8627
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14358
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37467
 
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