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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 9452
32 Buffer Stock 59094
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9523
35 Business Logistics 25541
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12522
37 Capacity Management 40322
38 Capacity Utilization 14035
39 Capital Intensive 8347
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8659
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12063
42 Certified Supplier 8933
43 Channel Effectiveness 8893
44 Co-Destiny 9245
45 Co-managed Inventory 12411
46 Co-Packers 11718
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6812
48 Computer-Based Training 7656
49 Consular Invoice 19682
50 Container Depot 10562
51 Container Freight Station 10246
52 Continuous Replenishment 19413
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12025
54 Contract Carrier 7295
55 Contract of Affreightment 11370
56 Control Charts 7919
57 Cost Flow 10220
58 Courier Service 15169
59 CPFR 8174
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11735
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44015
62 Date Code 18141
63 Days of Supply 19761
64 Dead on Arrival 9183
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7266
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8058
67 Detective Control 8869
68 Devanning 14172
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10818
70 Dispatching 24372
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34596
73 Distribution Metrics 9040
74 Distribution Planning 24138
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15151
76 Double Marginalization 52564
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22232
78 Dual 5407
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20545
80 Echelon Inventory 26124
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38202
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49532
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7572
84 Efficient Frontier 25379
85 Engineer-to-Order 31650
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16334
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8286
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13422
91 Exponential smoothing 9786
92 External Growth 10020
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9380
94 Field Services 7711
95 Field Warehouse 10253
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8705
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26927
99 Flow Through Distribution 12260
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8123
101 FOB Destination 12969
102 Forward buying 30007
103 Freight Charge 10278
104 Freight Consolidation 7489
105 Gantt Chart 8257
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11672
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29503
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12629
109 Hub 23348
110 Idle Time 8025
111 Import/Export License 8666
112 In Bond Shipment 13877
113 Inbound Logistics 13518
114 Interstate System 10958
115 Inventory Costs 53435
116 Inventory in Transit 16376
117 Inventory Management 54569
118 Inventory Planning System 9744
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22230
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42466
121 JIT 2 18392
122 Job Production 27449
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9006
124 Kanban Squares 6795
125 Laid-Down Cost 10108
126 Lean Office 5989
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10832
128 Lee's Notation 8527
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14152
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37075
 
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