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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 9226
32 Buffer Stock 58325
33 Build to Stock 12714
34 Bullwhip Effect 9286
35 Business Logistics 25101
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12322
37 Capacity Management 39547
38 Capacity Utilization 13775
39 Capital Intensive 8099
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8381
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11843
42 Certified Supplier 8809
43 Channel Effectiveness 8774
44 Co-Destiny 9045
45 Co-managed Inventory 12206
46 Co-Packers 11553
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6617
48 Computer-Based Training 7495
49 Consular Invoice 19336
50 Container Depot 10362
51 Container Freight Station 10128
52 Continuous Replenishment 19203
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11824
54 Contract Carrier 7203
55 Contract of Affreightment 11190
56 Control Charts 7760
57 Cost Flow 10069
58 Courier Service 14874
59 CPFR 8009
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11537
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43374
62 Date Code 17758
63 Days of Supply 19494
64 Dead on Arrival 8941
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7089
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7872
67 Detective Control 8696
68 Devanning 13999
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10610
70 Dispatching 23675
71 Distributed Inventory 8172
72 Distribution Channel Management 34091
73 Distribution Metrics 8733
74 Distribution Planning 23919
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14871
76 Double Marginalization 52232
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22006
78 Dual 5277
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20311
80 Echelon Inventory 25875
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37970
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48910
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7419
84 Efficient Frontier 24997
85 Engineer-to-Order 31281
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15979
87 Erlang B Formula 9110
88 ETD 8099
89 Ex Works 7679
90 Exception Rate 13164
91 Exponential smoothing 9621
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9220
94 Field Services 7588
95 Field Warehouse 9698
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8452
97 Fishbone Diagram 14317
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26554
99 Flow Through Distribution 12062
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7937
101 FOB Destination 12697
102 Forward buying 29741
103 Freight Charge 10110
104 Freight Consolidation 7337
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11440
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29205
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12440
109 Hub 23072
110 Idle Time 7875
111 Import/Export License 8494
112 In Bond Shipment 13631
113 Inbound Logistics 13236
114 Interstate System 10787
115 Inventory Costs 52800
116 Inventory in Transit 16115
117 Inventory Management 53899
118 Inventory Planning System 9597
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21948
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41465
121 JIT 2 18224
122 Job Production 26702
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8779
124 Kanban Squares 6634
125 Laid-Down Cost 9904
126 Lean Office 5815
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10747
128 Lee's Notation 8367
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13849
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36346
 
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