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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 9667
32 Buffer Stock 59587
33 Build to Stock 13117
34 Bullwhip Effect 9807
35 Business Logistics 25982
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12673
37 Capacity Management 40986
38 Capacity Utilization 14244
39 Capital Intensive 8549
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8897
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12253
42 Certified Supplier 9043
43 Channel Effectiveness 9026
44 Co-Destiny 9405
45 Co-managed Inventory 12681
46 Co-Packers 11879
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6983
48 Computer-Based Training 7776
49 Consular Invoice 19971
50 Container Depot 10700
51 Container Freight Station 10353
52 Continuous Replenishment 19680
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12186
54 Contract Carrier 7376
55 Contract of Affreightment 11513
56 Control Charts 8045
57 Cost Flow 10380
58 Courier Service 15380
59 CPFR 8317
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11910
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44433
62 Date Code 18466
63 Days of Supply 19979
64 Dead on Arrival 9461
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7399
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8223
67 Detective Control 9015
68 Devanning 14323
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11079
70 Dispatching 24739
71 Distributed Inventory 8451
72 Distribution Channel Management 35066
73 Distribution Metrics 9278
74 Distribution Planning 24343
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15377
76 Double Marginalization 52963
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22526
78 Dual 5506
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20734
80 Echelon Inventory 26365
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38402
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50071
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7713
84 Efficient Frontier 25672
85 Engineer-to-Order 31926
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16727
87 Erlang B Formula 9445
88 ETD 8420
89 Ex Works 7912
90 Exception Rate 13638
91 Exponential smoothing 9918
92 External Growth 10196
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9621
94 Field Services 7808
95 Field Warehouse 10876
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8927
97 Fishbone Diagram 14727
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27269
99 Flow Through Distribution 12436
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8293
101 FOB Destination 13171
102 Forward buying 30367
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7607
105 Gantt Chart 8359
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11867
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29723
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12802
109 Hub 23587
110 Idle Time 8157
111 Import/Export License 8821
112 In Bond Shipment 14091
113 Inbound Logistics 13712
114 Interstate System 11108
115 Inventory Costs 54005
116 Inventory in Transit 16682
117 Inventory Management 55156
118 Inventory Planning System 9962
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22459
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43263
121 JIT 2 18545
122 Job Production 28117
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9245
124 Kanban Squares 6946
125 Laid-Down Cost 10339
126 Lean Office 6221
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10909
128 Lee's Notation 8641
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14417
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37568
 
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