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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 9598
32 Buffer Stock 59477
33 Build to Stock 13073
34 Bullwhip Effect 9743
35 Business Logistics 25861
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12626
37 Capacity Management 40804
38 Capacity Utilization 14180
39 Capital Intensive 8495
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8829
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12206
42 Certified Supplier 9010
43 Channel Effectiveness 8981
44 Co-Destiny 9359
45 Co-managed Inventory 12627
46 Co-Packers 11834
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6939
48 Computer-Based Training 7743
49 Consular Invoice 19903
50 Container Depot 10659
51 Container Freight Station 10317
52 Continuous Replenishment 19631
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12140
54 Contract Carrier 7352
55 Contract of Affreightment 11468
56 Control Charts 8012
57 Cost Flow 10340
58 Courier Service 15313
59 CPFR 8274
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11864
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44307
62 Date Code 18340
63 Days of Supply 19921
64 Dead on Arrival 9406
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7358
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8176
67 Detective Control 8969
68 Devanning 14274
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11027
70 Dispatching 24643
71 Distributed Inventory 8412
72 Distribution Channel Management 34933
73 Distribution Metrics 9211
74 Distribution Planning 24277
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15307
76 Double Marginalization 52866
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22467
78 Dual 5481
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20687
80 Echelon Inventory 26285
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38337
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49927
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7669
84 Efficient Frontier 25589
85 Engineer-to-Order 31855
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16638
87 Erlang B Formula 9403
88 ETD 8381
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13572
91 Exponential smoothing 9875
92 External Growth 10149
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9574
94 Field Services 7783
95 Field Warehouse 10692
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8862
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27170
99 Flow Through Distribution 12383
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8244
101 FOB Destination 13121
102 Forward buying 30296
103 Freight Charge 10464
104 Freight Consolidation 7582
105 Gantt Chart 8334
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11803
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29673
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12754
109 Hub 23527
110 Idle Time 8123
111 Import/Export License 8785
112 In Bond Shipment 14042
113 Inbound Logistics 13661
114 Interstate System 11069
115 Inventory Costs 53866
116 Inventory in Transit 16608
117 Inventory Management 55009
118 Inventory Planning System 9922
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22385
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43099
121 JIT 2 18504
122 Job Production 27937
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9199
124 Kanban Squares 6895
125 Laid-Down Cost 10283
126 Lean Office 6180
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8621
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14340
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37445
 
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