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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 9539
32 Buffer Stock 59313
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9690
35 Business Logistics 25767
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12585
37 Capacity Management 40592
38 Capacity Utilization 14127
39 Capital Intensive 8429
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8762
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12151
42 Certified Supplier 8977
43 Channel Effectiveness 8944
44 Co-Destiny 9316
45 Co-managed Inventory 12578
46 Co-Packers 11795
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6895
48 Computer-Based Training 7703
49 Consular Invoice 19818
50 Container Depot 10624
51 Container Freight Station 10291
52 Continuous Replenishment 19581
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12095
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11432
56 Control Charts 7976
57 Cost Flow 10288
58 Courier Service 15260
59 CPFR 8239
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11817
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44200
62 Date Code 18259
63 Days of Supply 19857
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7324
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8126
67 Detective Control 8924
68 Devanning 14224
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10980
70 Dispatching 24547
71 Distributed Inventory 8370
72 Distribution Channel Management 34785
73 Distribution Metrics 9134
74 Distribution Planning 24221
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15236
76 Double Marginalization 52776
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22401
78 Dual 5452
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20629
80 Echelon Inventory 26232
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49781
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7631
84 Efficient Frontier 25510
85 Engineer-to-Order 31777
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16549
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8344
89 Ex Works 7847
90 Exception Rate 13510
91 Exponential smoothing 9842
92 External Growth 10092
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9532
94 Field Services 7752
95 Field Warehouse 10528
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8787
97 Fishbone Diagram 14625
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27066
99 Flow Through Distribution 12329
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8196
101 FOB Destination 13052
102 Forward buying 30192
103 Freight Charge 10423
104 Freight Consolidation 7541
105 Gantt Chart 8301
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11748
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29610
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12700
109 Hub 23456
110 Idle Time 8082
111 Import/Export License 8736
112 In Bond Shipment 13979
113 Inbound Logistics 13608
114 Interstate System 11022
115 Inventory Costs 53705
116 Inventory in Transit 16554
117 Inventory Management 54855
118 Inventory Planning System 9886
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22322
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42812
121 JIT 2 18457
122 Job Production 27745
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9161
124 Kanban Squares 6854
125 Laid-Down Cost 10208
126 Lean Office 6138
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10867
128 Lee's Notation 8580
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14262
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37325
 
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