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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 9484
32 Buffer Stock 59162
33 Build to Stock 12913
34 Bullwhip Effect 9561
35 Business Logistics 25604
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12548
37 Capacity Management 40408
38 Capacity Utilization 14072
39 Capital Intensive 8384
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8707
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12104
42 Certified Supplier 8954
43 Channel Effectiveness 8910
44 Co-Destiny 9275
45 Co-managed Inventory 12452
46 Co-Packers 11745
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6844
48 Computer-Based Training 7676
49 Consular Invoice 19731
50 Container Depot 10588
51 Container Freight Station 10263
52 Continuous Replenishment 19448
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12055
54 Contract Carrier 7308
55 Contract of Affreightment 11394
56 Control Charts 7946
57 Cost Flow 10246
58 Courier Service 15203
59 CPFR 8197
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11772
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44087
62 Date Code 18188
63 Days of Supply 19801
64 Dead on Arrival 9217
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7289
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14193
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10846
70 Dispatching 24448
71 Distributed Inventory 8339
72 Distribution Channel Management 34669
73 Distribution Metrics 9085
74 Distribution Planning 24170
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15186
76 Double Marginalization 52612
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22269
78 Dual 5429
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20579
80 Echelon Inventory 26166
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49640
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7597
84 Efficient Frontier 25432
85 Engineer-to-Order 31702
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16395
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8312
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13457
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10050
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9409
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10381
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8736
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26981
99 Flow Through Distribution 12287
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8155
101 FOB Destination 12998
102 Forward buying 30048
103 Freight Charge 10308
104 Freight Consolidation 7510
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11706
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29547
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12658
109 Hub 23387
110 Idle Time 8051
111 Import/Export License 8695
112 In Bond Shipment 13920
113 Inbound Logistics 13553
114 Interstate System 10982
115 Inventory Costs 53551
116 Inventory in Transit 16422
117 Inventory Management 54656
118 Inventory Planning System 9767
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22262
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42592
121 JIT 2 18416
122 Job Production 27572
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9040
124 Kanban Squares 6813
125 Laid-Down Cost 10146
126 Lean Office 6023
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8549
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14195
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37151
 
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