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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 9684
32 Buffer Stock 59634
33 Build to Stock 13136
34 Bullwhip Effect 9830
35 Business Logistics 26017
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12693
37 Capacity Management 41068
38 Capacity Utilization 14277
39 Capital Intensive 8570
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8923
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12274
42 Certified Supplier 9055
43 Channel Effectiveness 9043
44 Co-Destiny 9425
45 Co-managed Inventory 12709
46 Co-Packers 11900
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7000
48 Computer-Based Training 7790
49 Consular Invoice 20003
50 Container Depot 10716
51 Container Freight Station 10368
52 Continuous Replenishment 19703
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12201
54 Contract Carrier 7389
55 Contract of Affreightment 11538
56 Control Charts 8053
57 Cost Flow 10398
58 Courier Service 15397
59 CPFR 8329
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11925
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44505
62 Date Code 18509
63 Days of Supply 20002
64 Dead on Arrival 9479
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7414
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8241
67 Detective Control 9032
68 Devanning 14336
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11096
70 Dispatching 24780
71 Distributed Inventory 8462
72 Distribution Channel Management 35111
73 Distribution Metrics 9303
74 Distribution Planning 24365
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15403
76 Double Marginalization 52993
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22551
78 Dual 5519
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20751
80 Echelon Inventory 26413
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38433
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50132
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7726
84 Efficient Frontier 25713
85 Engineer-to-Order 31955
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16774
87 Erlang B Formula 9462
88 ETD 8434
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13659
91 Exponential smoothing 9930
92 External Growth 10215
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9640
94 Field Services 7822
95 Field Warehouse 10940
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8954
97 Fishbone Diagram 14748
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27300
99 Flow Through Distribution 12463
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8313
101 FOB Destination 13201
102 Forward buying 30394
103 Freight Charge 10513
104 Freight Consolidation 7619
105 Gantt Chart 8372
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11896
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29755
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12821
109 Hub 23615
110 Idle Time 8167
111 Import/Export License 8835
112 In Bond Shipment 14113
113 Inbound Logistics 13734
114 Interstate System 11122
115 Inventory Costs 54053
116 Inventory in Transit 16710
117 Inventory Management 55221
118 Inventory Planning System 9981
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22489
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43353
121 JIT 2 18561
122 Job Production 28203
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9260
124 Kanban Squares 6963
125 Laid-Down Cost 10363
126 Lean Office 6240
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8651
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14443
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37624
 
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