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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 9643
32 Buffer Stock 59552
33 Build to Stock 13106
34 Bullwhip Effect 9790
35 Business Logistics 25949
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12656
37 Capacity Management 40937
38 Capacity Utilization 14226
39 Capital Intensive 8533
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8878
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12233
42 Certified Supplier 9034
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9391
45 Co-managed Inventory 12663
46 Co-Packers 11866
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6972
48 Computer-Based Training 7764
49 Consular Invoice 19951
50 Container Depot 10686
51 Container Freight Station 10339
52 Continuous Replenishment 19662
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12171
54 Contract Carrier 7368
55 Contract of Affreightment 11499
56 Control Charts 8032
57 Cost Flow 10367
58 Courier Service 15360
59 CPFR 8303
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11897
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44394
62 Date Code 18418
63 Days of Supply 19961
64 Dead on Arrival 9441
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7384
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8206
67 Detective Control 8999
68 Devanning 14306
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11062
70 Dispatching 24714
71 Distributed Inventory 8436
72 Distribution Channel Management 35032
73 Distribution Metrics 9259
74 Distribution Planning 24322
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15356
76 Double Marginalization 52936
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22504
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20721
80 Echelon Inventory 26339
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38382
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50034
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7694
84 Efficient Frontier 25645
85 Engineer-to-Order 31905
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16698
87 Erlang B Formula 9428
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7898
90 Exception Rate 13617
91 Exponential smoothing 9904
92 External Growth 10181
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9607
94 Field Services 7798
95 Field Warehouse 10817
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8904
97 Fishbone Diagram 14707
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27239
99 Flow Through Distribution 12421
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8277
101 FOB Destination 13159
102 Forward buying 30350
103 Freight Charge 10492
104 Freight Consolidation 7602
105 Gantt Chart 8354
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11844
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29711
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12788
109 Hub 23572
110 Idle Time 8148
111 Import/Export License 8813
112 In Bond Shipment 14084
113 Inbound Logistics 13698
114 Interstate System 11098
115 Inventory Costs 53974
116 Inventory in Transit 16662
117 Inventory Management 55114
118 Inventory Planning System 9950
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22435
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43211
121 JIT 2 18535
122 Job Production 28059
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9231
124 Kanban Squares 6932
125 Laid-Down Cost 10324
126 Lean Office 6212
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10904
128 Lee's Notation 8635
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14392
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37531
 
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