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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 9353
32 Buffer Stock 58730
33 Build to Stock 12809
34 Bullwhip Effect 9418
35 Business Logistics 25352
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12428
37 Capacity Management 40000
38 Capacity Utilization 13916
39 Capital Intensive 8237
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8539
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11970
42 Certified Supplier 8879
43 Channel Effectiveness 8837
44 Co-Destiny 9151
45 Co-managed Inventory 12318
46 Co-Packers 11642
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6734
48 Computer-Based Training 7583
49 Consular Invoice 19519
50 Container Depot 10482
51 Container Freight Station 10203
52 Continuous Replenishment 19325
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11937
54 Contract Carrier 7255
55 Contract of Affreightment 11292
56 Control Charts 7853
57 Cost Flow 10156
58 Courier Service 15044
59 CPFR 8102
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11648
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43758
62 Date Code 17995
63 Days of Supply 19657
64 Dead on Arrival 9075
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7189
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7981
67 Detective Control 8788
68 Devanning 14101
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10728
70 Dispatching 24072
71 Distributed Inventory 8250
72 Distribution Channel Management 34392
73 Distribution Metrics 8911
74 Distribution Planning 24039
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15025
76 Double Marginalization 52409
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22134
78 Dual 5352
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20442
80 Echelon Inventory 25986
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38100
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49269
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25220
85 Engineer-to-Order 31500
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16181
87 Erlang B Formula 9220
88 ETD 8204
89 Ex Works 7744
90 Exception Rate 13308
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9934
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9311
94 Field Services 7655
95 Field Warehouse 9821
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8601
97 Fishbone Diagram 14461
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26775
99 Flow Through Distribution 12167
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8042
101 FOB Destination 12868
102 Forward buying 29885
103 Freight Charge 10207
104 Freight Consolidation 7421
105 Gantt Chart 8199
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11575
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12546
109 Hub 23226
110 Idle Time 7957
111 Import/Export License 8594
112 In Bond Shipment 13756
113 Inbound Logistics 13397
114 Interstate System 10876
115 Inventory Costs 53171
116 Inventory in Transit 16273
117 Inventory Management 54297
118 Inventory Planning System 9682
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22114
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42018
121 JIT 2 18317
122 Job Production 27137
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8918
124 Kanban Squares 6735
125 Laid-Down Cost 10011
126 Lean Office 5920
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10790
128 Lee's Notation 8461
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14022
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36755
 
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