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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 9661
32 Buffer Stock 59578
33 Build to Stock 13113
34 Bullwhip Effect 9802
35 Business Logistics 25970
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12668
37 Capacity Management 40974
38 Capacity Utilization 14240
39 Capital Intensive 8545
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8892
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12247
42 Certified Supplier 9040
43 Channel Effectiveness 9021
44 Co-Destiny 9399
45 Co-managed Inventory 12675
46 Co-Packers 11873
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6980
48 Computer-Based Training 7771
49 Consular Invoice 19964
50 Container Depot 10698
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19672
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12181
54 Contract Carrier 7375
55 Contract of Affreightment 11508
56 Control Charts 8042
57 Cost Flow 10376
58 Courier Service 15374
59 CPFR 8313
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11906
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44423
62 Date Code 18453
63 Days of Supply 19973
64 Dead on Arrival 9455
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7395
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8218
67 Detective Control 9010
68 Devanning 14316
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11075
70 Dispatching 24734
71 Distributed Inventory 8447
72 Distribution Channel Management 35056
73 Distribution Metrics 9270
74 Distribution Planning 24334
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15374
76 Double Marginalization 52954
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22521
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20730
80 Echelon Inventory 26355
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38396
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50060
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7710
84 Efficient Frontier 25663
85 Engineer-to-Order 31918
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16719
87 Erlang B Formula 9443
88 ETD 8414
89 Ex Works 7910
90 Exception Rate 13633
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10192
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9618
94 Field Services 7804
95 Field Warehouse 10857
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8919
97 Fishbone Diagram 14723
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27261
99 Flow Through Distribution 12431
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8288
101 FOB Destination 13167
102 Forward buying 30362
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8356
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11861
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12798
109 Hub 23582
110 Idle Time 8154
111 Import/Export License 8820
112 In Bond Shipment 14087
113 Inbound Logistics 13709
114 Interstate System 11103
115 Inventory Costs 53993
116 Inventory in Transit 16677
117 Inventory Management 55148
118 Inventory Planning System 9959
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22451
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43246
121 JIT 2 18541
122 Job Production 28105
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9241
124 Kanban Squares 6943
125 Laid-Down Cost 10335
126 Lean Office 6217
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10907
128 Lee's Notation 8640
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14409
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37560
 
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