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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 9243
32 Buffer Stock 58350
33 Build to Stock 12721
34 Bullwhip Effect 9293
35 Business Logistics 25118
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12328
37 Capacity Management 39594
38 Capacity Utilization 13787
39 Capital Intensive 8110
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8388
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11852
42 Certified Supplier 8817
43 Channel Effectiveness 8777
44 Co-Destiny 9050
45 Co-managed Inventory 12213
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6625
48 Computer-Based Training 7507
49 Consular Invoice 19343
50 Container Depot 10370
51 Container Freight Station 10131
52 Continuous Replenishment 19213
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11836
54 Contract Carrier 7206
55 Contract of Affreightment 11197
56 Control Charts 7769
57 Cost Flow 10077
58 Courier Service 14898
59 CPFR 8019
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11545
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43402
62 Date Code 17772
63 Days of Supply 19504
64 Dead on Arrival 8951
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7090
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7877
67 Detective Control 8703
68 Devanning 14003
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10618
70 Dispatching 23698
71 Distributed Inventory 8178
72 Distribution Channel Management 34109
73 Distribution Metrics 8743
74 Distribution Planning 23927
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14879
76 Double Marginalization 52254
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22014
78 Dual 5288
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20319
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37979
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48935
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7425
84 Efficient Frontier 25014
85 Engineer-to-Order 31293
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15985
87 Erlang B Formula 9123
88 ETD 8104
89 Ex Works 7681
90 Exception Rate 13175
91 Exponential smoothing 9627
92 External Growth 9840
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9224
94 Field Services 7594
95 Field Warehouse 9706
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8461
97 Fishbone Diagram 14330
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26566
99 Flow Through Distribution 12072
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7946
101 FOB Destination 12707
102 Forward buying 29752
103 Freight Charge 10116
104 Freight Consolidation 7343
105 Gantt Chart 8126
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11460
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29220
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12444
109 Hub 23078
110 Idle Time 7879
111 Import/Export License 8502
112 In Bond Shipment 13638
113 Inbound Logistics 13242
114 Interstate System 10790
115 Inventory Costs 52827
116 Inventory in Transit 16125
117 Inventory Management 53922
118 Inventory Planning System 9601
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21963
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41508
121 JIT 2 18231
122 Job Production 26736
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8790
124 Kanban Squares 6640
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5822
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10755
128 Lee's Notation 8375
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13862
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36362
 
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