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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 9639
32 Buffer Stock 59545
33 Build to Stock 13105
34 Bullwhip Effect 9782
35 Business Logistics 25934
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12654
37 Capacity Management 40916
38 Capacity Utilization 14222
39 Capital Intensive 8532
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8873
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12228
42 Certified Supplier 9033
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9389
45 Co-managed Inventory 12660
46 Co-Packers 11863
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6969
48 Computer-Based Training 7763
49 Consular Invoice 19946
50 Container Depot 10683
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19658
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12167
54 Contract Carrier 7366
55 Contract of Affreightment 11497
56 Control Charts 8030
57 Cost Flow 10366
58 Courier Service 15357
59 CPFR 8299
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11892
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44385
62 Date Code 18408
63 Days of Supply 19956
64 Dead on Arrival 9437
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7383
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8204
67 Detective Control 8994
68 Devanning 14303
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11061
70 Dispatching 24706
71 Distributed Inventory 8434
72 Distribution Channel Management 35023
73 Distribution Metrics 9256
74 Distribution Planning 24319
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15350
76 Double Marginalization 52924
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22502
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20717
80 Echelon Inventory 26331
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38375
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50017
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7692
84 Efficient Frontier 25640
85 Engineer-to-Order 31900
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16687
87 Erlang B Formula 9426
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7896
90 Exception Rate 13613
91 Exponential smoothing 9901
92 External Growth 10176
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9604
94 Field Services 7797
95 Field Warehouse 10802
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8900
97 Fishbone Diagram 14705
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27232
99 Flow Through Distribution 12417
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
101 FOB Destination 13157
102 Forward buying 30347
103 Freight Charge 10492
104 Freight Consolidation 7599
105 Gantt Chart 8351
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11841
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29708
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12785
109 Hub 23568
110 Idle Time 8145
111 Import/Export License 8810
112 In Bond Shipment 14078
113 Inbound Logistics 13693
114 Interstate System 11095
115 Inventory Costs 53961
116 Inventory in Transit 16651
117 Inventory Management 55100
118 Inventory Planning System 9947
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22426
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43200
121 JIT 2 18533
122 Job Production 28043
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9227
124 Kanban Squares 6929
125 Laid-Down Cost 10314
126 Lean Office 6209
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10903
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14385
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37518
 
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