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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 9602
32 Buffer Stock 59493
33 Build to Stock 13078
34 Bullwhip Effect 9749
35 Business Logistics 25875
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12632
37 Capacity Management 40829
38 Capacity Utilization 14189
39 Capital Intensive 8500
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8837
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12208
42 Certified Supplier 9013
43 Channel Effectiveness 8985
44 Co-Destiny 9364
45 Co-managed Inventory 12632
46 Co-Packers 11839
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6946
48 Computer-Based Training 7744
49 Consular Invoice 19912
50 Container Depot 10663
51 Container Freight Station 10322
52 Continuous Replenishment 19636
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12143
54 Contract Carrier 7354
55 Contract of Affreightment 11474
56 Control Charts 8015
57 Cost Flow 10343
58 Courier Service 15321
59 CPFR 8277
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11870
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44322
62 Date Code 18351
63 Days of Supply 19927
64 Dead on Arrival 9409
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7363
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8180
67 Detective Control 8972
68 Devanning 14277
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11034
70 Dispatching 24660
71 Distributed Inventory 8414
72 Distribution Channel Management 34951
73 Distribution Metrics 9217
74 Distribution Planning 24284
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15316
76 Double Marginalization 52877
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22473
78 Dual 5484
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20692
80 Echelon Inventory 26291
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38343
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49944
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7672
84 Efficient Frontier 25597
85 Engineer-to-Order 31860
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16648
87 Erlang B Formula 9407
88 ETD 8386
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13578
91 Exponential smoothing 9879
92 External Growth 10152
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9580
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10708
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8868
97 Fishbone Diagram 14680
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27188
99 Flow Through Distribution 12387
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8246
101 FOB Destination 13128
102 Forward buying 30307
103 Freight Charge 10469
104 Freight Consolidation 7586
105 Gantt Chart 8338
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11808
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29677
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12759
109 Hub 23537
110 Idle Time 8127
111 Import/Export License 8790
112 In Bond Shipment 14052
113 Inbound Logistics 13667
114 Interstate System 11077
115 Inventory Costs 53882
116 Inventory in Transit 16616
117 Inventory Management 55028
118 Inventory Planning System 9926
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22391
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43118
121 JIT 2 18510
122 Job Production 27958
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9204
124 Kanban Squares 6900
125 Laid-Down Cost 10285
126 Lean Office 6185
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10893
128 Lee's Notation 8624
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14350
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37455
 
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