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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 9230
32 Buffer Stock 58336
33 Build to Stock 12717
34 Bullwhip Effect 9288
35 Business Logistics 25107
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12326
37 Capacity Management 39571
38 Capacity Utilization 13780
39 Capital Intensive 8103
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8385
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11849
42 Certified Supplier 8813
43 Channel Effectiveness 8776
44 Co-Destiny 9047
45 Co-managed Inventory 12209
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6622
48 Computer-Based Training 7500
49 Consular Invoice 19339
50 Container Depot 10368
51 Container Freight Station 10129
52 Continuous Replenishment 19207
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11829
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11192
56 Control Charts 7765
57 Cost Flow 10073
58 Courier Service 14883
59 CPFR 8014
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11543
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43384
62 Date Code 17765
63 Days of Supply 19497
64 Dead on Arrival 8946
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7089
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7874
67 Detective Control 8699
68 Devanning 14001
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10614
70 Dispatching 23688
71 Distributed Inventory 8175
72 Distribution Channel Management 34102
73 Distribution Metrics 8738
74 Distribution Planning 23921
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14872
76 Double Marginalization 52245
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22010
78 Dual 5280
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20315
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37971
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48922
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7423
84 Efficient Frontier 25004
85 Engineer-to-Order 31287
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15981
87 Erlang B Formula 9114
88 ETD 8102
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13168
91 Exponential smoothing 9625
92 External Growth 9837
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7591
95 Field Warehouse 9701
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8459
97 Fishbone Diagram 14324
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26559
99 Flow Through Distribution 12066
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7943
101 FOB Destination 12701
102 Forward buying 29744
103 Freight Charge 10113
104 Freight Consolidation 7341
105 Gantt Chart 8123
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11443
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29209
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23075
110 Idle Time 7877
111 Import/Export License 8499
112 In Bond Shipment 13635
113 Inbound Logistics 13240
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52813
116 Inventory in Transit 16121
117 Inventory Management 53910
118 Inventory Planning System 9599
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21954
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41484
121 JIT 2 18226
122 Job Production 26720
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8783
124 Kanban Squares 6636
125 Laid-Down Cost 9907
126 Lean Office 5817
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10748
128 Lee's Notation 8373
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13854
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36354
 
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