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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 9137
32 Buffer Stock 58124
33 Build to Stock 12656
34 Bullwhip Effect 9218
35 Business Logistics 24978
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12271
37 Capacity Management 39292
38 Capacity Utilization 13690
39 Capital Intensive 8031
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8295
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11778
42 Certified Supplier 8776
43 Channel Effectiveness 8736
44 Co-Destiny 8997
45 Co-managed Inventory 12139
46 Co-Packers 11507
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6567
48 Computer-Based Training 7455
49 Consular Invoice 19240
50 Container Depot 10305
51 Container Freight Station 10088
52 Continuous Replenishment 19143
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11764
54 Contract Carrier 7176
55 Contract of Affreightment 11150
56 Control Charts 7715
57 Cost Flow 10026
58 Courier Service 14771
59 CPFR 7954
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11480
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43174
62 Date Code 17669
63 Days of Supply 19405
64 Dead on Arrival 8874
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7051
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7816
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13950
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10553
70 Dispatching 23529
71 Distributed Inventory 8140
72 Distribution Channel Management 33937
73 Distribution Metrics 8652
74 Distribution Planning 23841
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14793
76 Double Marginalization 52108
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21947
78 Dual 5224
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20271
80 Echelon Inventory 25819
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37905
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48710
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7373
84 Efficient Frontier 24888
85 Engineer-to-Order 31190
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15858
87 Erlang B Formula 9045
88 ETD 8053
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13090
91 Exponential smoothing 9577
92 External Growth 9786
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9173
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9644
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8371
97 Fishbone Diagram 14265
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26457
99 Flow Through Distribution 11998
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7884
101 FOB Destination 12632
102 Forward buying 29659
103 Freight Charge 10063
104 Freight Consolidation 7282
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11357
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29112
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12394
109 Hub 22988
110 Idle Time 7832
111 Import/Export License 8439
112 In Bond Shipment 13563
113 Inbound Logistics 13167
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52602
116 Inventory in Transit 16043
117 Inventory Management 53713
118 Inventory Planning System 9545
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21840
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41152
121 JIT 2 18180
122 Job Production 26467
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8719
124 Kanban Squares 6583
125 Laid-Down Cost 9859
126 Lean Office 5772
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10716
128 Lee's Notation 8325
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13755
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36167
 
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