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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 9688
32 Buffer Stock 59643
33 Build to Stock 13138
34 Bullwhip Effect 9843
35 Business Logistics 26022
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12698
37 Capacity Management 41083
38 Capacity Utilization 14282
39 Capital Intensive 8574
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8928
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12280
42 Certified Supplier 9057
43 Channel Effectiveness 9048
44 Co-Destiny 9431
45 Co-managed Inventory 12717
46 Co-Packers 11906
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7005
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20014
50 Container Depot 10720
51 Container Freight Station 10373
52 Continuous Replenishment 19709
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7392
55 Contract of Affreightment 11543
56 Control Charts 8058
57 Cost Flow 10405
58 Courier Service 15402
59 CPFR 8332
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11932
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44517
62 Date Code 18515
63 Days of Supply 20007
64 Dead on Arrival 9485
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7421
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8246
67 Detective Control 9039
68 Devanning 14341
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11104
70 Dispatching 24790
71 Distributed Inventory 8467
72 Distribution Channel Management 35116
73 Distribution Metrics 9312
74 Distribution Planning 24369
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15407
76 Double Marginalization 53003
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22559
78 Dual 5525
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20753
80 Echelon Inventory 26422
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38438
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50145
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7730
84 Efficient Frontier 25717
85 Engineer-to-Order 31960
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16782
87 Erlang B Formula 9465
88 ETD 8440
89 Ex Works 7927
90 Exception Rate 13663
91 Exponential smoothing 9933
92 External Growth 10221
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9648
94 Field Services 7825
95 Field Warehouse 10956
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8959
97 Fishbone Diagram 14757
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27311
99 Flow Through Distribution 12465
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8318
101 FOB Destination 13207
102 Forward buying 30401
103 Freight Charge 10515
104 Freight Consolidation 7624
105 Gantt Chart 8374
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11901
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29759
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12826
109 Hub 23620
110 Idle Time 8172
111 Import/Export License 8840
112 In Bond Shipment 14117
113 Inbound Logistics 13741
114 Interstate System 11127
115 Inventory Costs 54067
116 Inventory in Transit 16715
117 Inventory Management 55235
118 Inventory Planning System 9983
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22493
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43377
121 JIT 2 18564
122 Job Production 28215
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9266
124 Kanban Squares 6965
125 Laid-Down Cost 10369
126 Lean Office 6246
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10918
128 Lee's Notation 8654
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14448
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37633
 
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