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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 9414
32 Buffer Stock 58935
33 Build to Stock 12852
34 Bullwhip Effect 9476
35 Business Logistics 25457
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12476
37 Capacity Management 40184
38 Capacity Utilization 13979
39 Capital Intensive 8297
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8611
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12022
42 Certified Supplier 8910
43 Channel Effectiveness 8867
44 Co-Destiny 9203
45 Co-managed Inventory 12375
46 Co-Packers 11684
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6779
48 Computer-Based Training 7623
49 Consular Invoice 19609
50 Container Depot 10531
51 Container Freight Station 10221
52 Continuous Replenishment 19381
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11987
54 Contract Carrier 7279
55 Contract of Affreightment 11332
56 Control Charts 7894
57 Cost Flow 10189
58 Courier Service 15110
59 CPFR 8145
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11701
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43913
62 Date Code 18076
63 Days of Supply 19709
64 Dead on Arrival 9132
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7233
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8020
67 Detective Control 8839
68 Devanning 14139
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10779
70 Dispatching 24267
71 Distributed Inventory 8285
72 Distribution Channel Management 34514
73 Distribution Metrics 8987
74 Distribution Planning 24094
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15097
76 Double Marginalization 52496
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22191
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20498
80 Echelon Inventory 26063
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38159
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49432
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7542
84 Efficient Frontier 25307
85 Engineer-to-Order 31586
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16271
87 Erlang B Formula 9268
88 ETD 8257
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13373
91 Exponential smoothing 9758
92 External Growth 9982
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9351
94 Field Services 7691
95 Field Warehouse 10038
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8663
97 Fishbone Diagram 14514
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26858
99 Flow Through Distribution 12226
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8087
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29952
103 Freight Charge 10248
104 Freight Consolidation 7459
105 Gantt Chart 8226
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11630
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29443
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12596
109 Hub 23295
110 Idle Time 7990
111 Import/Export License 8637
112 In Bond Shipment 13817
113 Inbound Logistics 13465
114 Interstate System 10924
115 Inventory Costs 53330
116 Inventory in Transit 16324
117 Inventory Management 54462
118 Inventory Planning System 9718
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22179
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42283
121 JIT 2 18362
122 Job Production 27326
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8968
124 Kanban Squares 6764
125 Laid-Down Cost 10063
126 Lean Office 5958
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8501
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14094
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36937
 
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