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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 9308
32 Buffer Stock 58599
33 Build to Stock 12777
34 Bullwhip Effect 9367
35 Business Logistics 25257
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12384
37 Capacity Management 39863
38 Capacity Utilization 13869
39 Capital Intensive 8191
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8483
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11926
42 Certified Supplier 8852
43 Channel Effectiveness 8812
44 Co-Destiny 9104
45 Co-managed Inventory 12278
46 Co-Packers 11605
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6688
48 Computer-Based Training 7552
49 Consular Invoice 19445
50 Container Depot 10442
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11903
54 Contract Carrier 7232
55 Contract of Affreightment 11261
56 Control Charts 7818
57 Cost Flow 10130
58 Courier Service 14993
59 CPFR 8069
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11611
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43648
62 Date Code 17905
63 Days of Supply 19595
64 Dead on Arrival 9031
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7148
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7932
67 Detective Control 8754
68 Devanning 14068
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10682
70 Dispatching 23937
71 Distributed Inventory 8215
72 Distribution Channel Management 34281
73 Distribution Metrics 8851
74 Distribution Planning 23995
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14970
76 Double Marginalization 52354
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5329
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25945
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38057
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49150
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7467
84 Efficient Frontier 25145
85 Engineer-to-Order 31421
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16101
87 Erlang B Formula 9173
88 ETD 8161
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13248
91 Exponential smoothing 9683
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9758
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8549
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26692
99 Flow Through Distribution 12132
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8007
101 FOB Destination 12808
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7392
105 Gantt Chart 8171
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11527
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29306
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23170
110 Idle Time 7928
111 Import/Export License 8559
112 In Bond Shipment 13715
113 Inbound Logistics 13332
114 Interstate System 10836
115 Inventory Costs 53051
116 Inventory in Transit 16216
117 Inventory Management 54142
118 Inventory Planning System 9650
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22062
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41813
121 JIT 2 18286
122 Job Production 26966
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8868
124 Kanban Squares 6700
125 Laid-Down Cost 9961
126 Lean Office 5880
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10773
128 Lee's Notation 8427
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13957
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36590
 
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