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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 9119
32 Buffer Stock 58054
33 Build to Stock 12633
34 Bullwhip Effect 9200
35 Business Logistics 24930
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12261
37 Capacity Management 39208
38 Capacity Utilization 13669
39 Capital Intensive 8016
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8271
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11758
42 Certified Supplier 8771
43 Channel Effectiveness 8724
44 Co-Destiny 8988
45 Co-managed Inventory 12123
46 Co-Packers 11501
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6550
48 Computer-Based Training 7447
49 Consular Invoice 19209
50 Container Depot 10295
51 Container Freight Station 10080
52 Continuous Replenishment 19124
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11750
54 Contract Carrier 7172
55 Contract of Affreightment 11141
56 Control Charts 7705
57 Cost Flow 10013
58 Courier Service 14741
59 CPFR 7942
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11465
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43093
62 Date Code 17636
63 Days of Supply 19372
64 Dead on Arrival 8850
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7041
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7800
67 Detective Control 8656
68 Devanning 13940
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10536
70 Dispatching 23484
71 Distributed Inventory 8129
72 Distribution Channel Management 33875
73 Distribution Metrics 8630
74 Distribution Planning 23825
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14772
76 Double Marginalization 52065
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21930
78 Dual 5214
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20262
80 Echelon Inventory 25796
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37882
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48650
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7363
84 Efficient Frontier 24851
85 Engineer-to-Order 31158
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15820
87 Erlang B Formula 9031
88 ETD 8041
89 Ex Works 7641
90 Exception Rate 13070
91 Exponential smoothing 9568
92 External Growth 9767
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7557
95 Field Warehouse 9630
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8351
97 Fishbone Diagram 14243
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26429
99 Flow Through Distribution 11986
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7868
101 FOB Destination 12609
102 Forward buying 29630
103 Freight Charge 10051
104 Freight Consolidation 7270
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11342
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29045
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12382
109 Hub 22961
110 Idle Time 7819
111 Import/Export License 8420
112 In Bond Shipment 13538
113 Inbound Logistics 13146
114 Interstate System 10748
115 Inventory Costs 52517
116 Inventory in Transit 16022
117 Inventory Management 53662
118 Inventory Planning System 9536
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21821
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41046
121 JIT 2 18168
122 Job Production 26403
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8704
124 Kanban Squares 6572
125 Laid-Down Cost 9842
126 Lean Office 5760
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10710
128 Lee's Notation 8302
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13730
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36085
 
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