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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 8847
32 Buffer Stock 57131
33 Build to Stock 12412
34 Bullwhip Effect 8989
35 Business Logistics 24456
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12085
37 Capacity Management 38084
38 Capacity Utilization 13397
39 Capital Intensive 7763
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7959
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11445
42 Certified Supplier 8617
43 Channel Effectiveness 8536
44 Co-Destiny 8776
45 Co-managed Inventory 11877
46 Co-Packers 11316
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6303
48 Computer-Based Training 7306
49 Consular Invoice 18779
50 Container Depot 10096
51 Container Freight Station 9892
52 Continuous Replenishment 18862
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11533
54 Contract Carrier 7049
55 Contract of Affreightment 10976
56 Control Charts 7506
57 Cost Flow 9830
58 Courier Service 14392
59 CPFR 7759
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11265
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42268
62 Date Code 17295
63 Days of Supply 19106
64 Dead on Arrival 8590
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6907
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7580
67 Detective Control 8495
68 Devanning 13728
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10269
70 Dispatching 22678
71 Distributed Inventory 7972
72 Distribution Channel Management 33288
73 Distribution Metrics 8265
74 Distribution Planning 23586
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14471
76 Double Marginalization 51557
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21670
78 Dual 5022
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20079
80 Echelon Inventory 25586
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37553
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47772
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7188
84 Efficient Frontier 24431
85 Engineer-to-Order 30761
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15371
87 Erlang B Formula 8808
88 ETD 7855
89 Ex Works 7484
90 Exception Rate 12741
91 Exponential smoothing 9378
92 External Growth 9601
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9006
94 Field Services 7412
95 Field Warehouse 9446
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8051
97 Fishbone Diagram 13978
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26012
99 Flow Through Distribution 11745
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7671
101 FOB Destination 12326
102 Forward buying 29274
103 Freight Charge 9858
104 Freight Consolidation 7089
105 Gantt Chart 7911
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11081
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28523
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12202
109 Hub 22630
110 Idle Time 7635
111 Import/Export License 8209
112 In Bond Shipment 13245
113 Inbound Logistics 12841
114 Interstate System 10592
115 Inventory Costs 51698
116 Inventory in Transit 15747
117 Inventory Management 52988
118 Inventory Planning System 9343
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21486
120 JIT (Just In Time) 39812
121 JIT 2 17966
122 Job Production 25720
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8463
124 Kanban Squares 6390
125 Laid-Down Cost 9611
126 Lean Office 5594
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10595
128 Lee's Notation 8098
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13402
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35369
 
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