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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 9654
32 Buffer Stock 59572
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9795
35 Business Logistics 25961
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12662
37 Capacity Management 40958
38 Capacity Utilization 14233
39 Capital Intensive 8539
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8883
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12241
42 Certified Supplier 9038
43 Channel Effectiveness 9016
44 Co-Destiny 9396
45 Co-managed Inventory 12671
46 Co-Packers 11869
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6979
48 Computer-Based Training 7768
49 Consular Invoice 19959
50 Container Depot 10692
51 Container Freight Station 10345
52 Continuous Replenishment 19665
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12176
54 Contract Carrier 7373
55 Contract of Affreightment 11505
56 Control Charts 8036
57 Cost Flow 10371
58 Courier Service 15366
59 CPFR 8308
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11901
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44413
62 Date Code 18434
63 Days of Supply 19969
64 Dead on Arrival 9450
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7393
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8213
67 Detective Control 9007
68 Devanning 14313
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11070
70 Dispatching 24723
71 Distributed Inventory 8442
72 Distribution Channel Management 35048
73 Distribution Metrics 9265
74 Distribution Planning 24328
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15364
76 Double Marginalization 52947
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22512
78 Dual 5501
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20726
80 Echelon Inventory 26349
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38390
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50048
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7700
84 Efficient Frontier 25656
85 Engineer-to-Order 31912
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16710
87 Erlang B Formula 9436
88 ETD 8411
89 Ex Works 7904
90 Exception Rate 13624
91 Exponential smoothing 9912
92 External Growth 10187
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9613
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10838
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8914
97 Fishbone Diagram 14717
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27251
99 Flow Through Distribution 12427
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8283
101 FOB Destination 13164
102 Forward buying 30361
103 Freight Charge 10495
104 Freight Consolidation 7604
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11852
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29721
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12792
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8152
111 Import/Export License 8817
112 In Bond Shipment 14086
113 Inbound Logistics 13705
114 Interstate System 11100
115 Inventory Costs 53987
116 Inventory in Transit 16673
117 Inventory Management 55127
118 Inventory Planning System 9957
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22442
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43231
121 JIT 2 18537
122 Job Production 28087
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9237
124 Kanban Squares 6935
125 Laid-Down Cost 10331
126 Lean Office 6214
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10906
128 Lee's Notation 8638
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14404
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37545
 
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