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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 9063
32 Buffer Stock 57864
33 Build to Stock 12588
34 Bullwhip Effect 9145
35 Business Logistics 24835
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12223
37 Capacity Management 38964
38 Capacity Utilization 13611
39 Capital Intensive 7957
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8191
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11691
42 Certified Supplier 8738
43 Channel Effectiveness 8685
44 Co-Destiny 8948
45 Co-managed Inventory 12072
46 Co-Packers 11467
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6491
48 Computer-Based Training 7418
49 Consular Invoice 19133
50 Container Depot 10246
51 Container Freight Station 10054
52 Continuous Replenishment 19059
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11712
54 Contract Carrier 7148
55 Contract of Affreightment 11107
56 Control Charts 7664
57 Cost Flow 9971
58 Courier Service 14660
59 CPFR 7902
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11413
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42902
62 Date Code 17575
63 Days of Supply 19317
64 Dead on Arrival 8805
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7016
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7752
67 Detective Control 8622
68 Devanning 13899
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10473
70 Dispatching 23336
71 Distributed Inventory 8095
72 Distribution Channel Management 33735
73 Distribution Metrics 8553
74 Distribution Planning 23761
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14707
76 Double Marginalization 51944
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21881
78 Dual 5178
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20223
80 Echelon Inventory 25750
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37810
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48458
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7329
84 Efficient Frontier 24762
85 Engineer-to-Order 31066
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15726
87 Erlang B Formula 8982
88 ETD 8005
89 Ex Works 7611
90 Exception Rate 12996
91 Exponential smoothing 9515
92 External Growth 9728
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9128
94 Field Services 7519
95 Field Warehouse 9580
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8294
97 Fishbone Diagram 14196
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26341
99 Flow Through Distribution 11941
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7829
101 FOB Destination 12540
102 Forward buying 29544
103 Freight Charge 10017
104 Freight Consolidation 7221
105 Gantt Chart 8042
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11290
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28925
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12353
109 Hub 22901
110 Idle Time 7777
111 Import/Export License 8376
112 In Bond Shipment 13464
113 Inbound Logistics 13073
114 Interstate System 10719
115 Inventory Costs 52344
116 Inventory in Transit 15965
117 Inventory Management 53522
118 Inventory Planning System 9493
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21747
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40760
121 JIT 2 18119
122 Job Production 26258
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8653
124 Kanban Squares 6528
125 Laid-Down Cost 9793
126 Lean Office 5713
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10683
128 Lee's Notation 8251
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13662
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35921
 
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