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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 9706
32 Buffer Stock 59678
33 Build to Stock 13152
34 Bullwhip Effect 9867
35 Business Logistics 26047
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12711
37 Capacity Management 41151
38 Capacity Utilization 14309
39 Capital Intensive 8589
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8948
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12296
42 Certified Supplier 9063
43 Channel Effectiveness 9059
44 Co-Destiny 9439
45 Co-managed Inventory 12733
46 Co-Packers 11917
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7021
48 Computer-Based Training 7804
49 Consular Invoice 20040
50 Container Depot 10734
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19725
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12214
54 Contract Carrier 7399
55 Contract of Affreightment 11552
56 Control Charts 8066
57 Cost Flow 10419
58 Courier Service 15417
59 CPFR 8342
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11949
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44557
62 Date Code 18542
63 Days of Supply 20023
64 Dead on Arrival 9503
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7433
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8260
67 Detective Control 9059
68 Devanning 14352
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11122
70 Dispatching 24822
71 Distributed Inventory 8473
72 Distribution Channel Management 35154
73 Distribution Metrics 9335
74 Distribution Planning 24389
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15426
76 Double Marginalization 53030
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22578
78 Dual 5536
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20769
80 Echelon Inventory 26453
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38461
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50193
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7740
84 Efficient Frontier 25743
85 Engineer-to-Order 31986
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16813
87 Erlang B Formula 9474
88 ETD 8454
89 Ex Works 7937
90 Exception Rate 13681
91 Exponential smoothing 9943
92 External Growth 10239
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9671
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11024
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8988
97 Fishbone Diagram 14772
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27349
99 Flow Through Distribution 12484
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8342
101 FOB Destination 13226
102 Forward buying 30430
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11925
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29775
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12846
109 Hub 23650
110 Idle Time 8190
111 Import/Export License 8853
112 In Bond Shipment 14139
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11138
115 Inventory Costs 54104
116 Inventory in Transit 16743
117 Inventory Management 55292
118 Inventory Planning System 10001
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22518
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43460
121 JIT 2 18578
122 Job Production 28281
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9278
124 Kanban Squares 6978
125 Laid-Down Cost 10391
126 Lean Office 6255
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10923
128 Lee's Notation 8666
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14477
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37675
 
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