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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 9158
32 Buffer Stock 58194
33 Build to Stock 12676
34 Bullwhip Effect 9235
35 Business Logistics 25021
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12286
37 Capacity Management 39387
38 Capacity Utilization 13716
39 Capital Intensive 8052
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8323
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11800
42 Certified Supplier 8784
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9011
45 Co-managed Inventory 12156
46 Co-Packers 11522
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6583
48 Computer-Based Training 7468
49 Consular Invoice 19272
50 Container Depot 10322
51 Container Freight Station 10101
52 Continuous Replenishment 19160
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11782
54 Contract Carrier 7183
55 Contract of Affreightment 11160
56 Control Charts 7728
57 Cost Flow 10036
58 Courier Service 14796
59 CPFR 7973
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11499
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43239
62 Date Code 17697
63 Days of Supply 19429
64 Dead on Arrival 8897
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7059
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7827
67 Detective Control 8675
68 Devanning 13960
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10568
70 Dispatching 23572
71 Distributed Inventory 8149
72 Distribution Channel Management 33987
73 Distribution Metrics 8677
74 Distribution Planning 23867
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14816
76 Double Marginalization 52138
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21965
78 Dual 5238
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25834
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37924
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48782
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7387
84 Efficient Frontier 24921
85 Engineer-to-Order 31215
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15897
87 Erlang B Formula 9062
88 ETD 8066
89 Ex Works 7659
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9591
92 External Growth 9805
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9662
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8396
97 Fishbone Diagram 14282
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26484
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7899
101 FOB Destination 12654
102 Forward buying 29681
103 Freight Charge 10079
104 Freight Consolidation 7299
105 Gantt Chart 8097
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11380
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29137
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23013
110 Idle Time 7848
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13584
113 Inbound Logistics 13182
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52680
116 Inventory in Transit 16062
117 Inventory Management 53774
118 Inventory Planning System 9557
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21877
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41266
121 JIT 2 18192
122 Job Production 26545
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8737
124 Kanban Squares 6598
125 Laid-Down Cost 9872
126 Lean Office 5783
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10720
128 Lee's Notation 8334
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13786
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36216
 
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