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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 9472
32 Buffer Stock 59144
33 Build to Stock 12903
34 Bullwhip Effect 9548
35 Business Logistics 25584
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12540
37 Capacity Management 40388
38 Capacity Utilization 14063
39 Capital Intensive 8373
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8696
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12089
42 Certified Supplier 8947
43 Channel Effectiveness 8901
44 Co-Destiny 9265
45 Co-managed Inventory 12436
46 Co-Packers 11738
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6832
48 Computer-Based Training 7667
49 Consular Invoice 19710
50 Container Depot 10580
51 Container Freight Station 10256
52 Continuous Replenishment 19435
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12043
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11386
56 Control Charts 7936
57 Cost Flow 10237
58 Courier Service 15190
59 CPFR 8191
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11764
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44068
62 Date Code 18177
63 Days of Supply 19790
64 Dead on Arrival 9206
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8078
67 Detective Control 8881
68 Devanning 14187
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10834
70 Dispatching 24424
71 Distributed Inventory 8327
72 Distribution Channel Management 34651
73 Distribution Metrics 9075
74 Distribution Planning 24159
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15173
76 Double Marginalization 52597
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5421
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20572
80 Echelon Inventory 26157
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38222
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49607
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7587
84 Efficient Frontier 25418
85 Engineer-to-Order 31690
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16378
87 Erlang B Formula 9322
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7813
90 Exception Rate 13445
91 Exponential smoothing 9806
92 External Growth 10037
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9398
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10352
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8728
97 Fishbone Diagram 14573
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26965
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8142
101 FOB Destination 12988
102 Forward buying 30035
103 Freight Charge 10294
104 Freight Consolidation 7501
105 Gantt Chart 8268
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11696
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29532
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12649
109 Hub 23376
110 Idle Time 8042
111 Import/Export License 8684
112 In Bond Shipment 13905
113 Inbound Logistics 13545
114 Interstate System 10977
115 Inventory Costs 53511
116 Inventory in Transit 16405
117 Inventory Management 54626
118 Inventory Planning System 9754
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22251
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42556
121 JIT 2 18407
122 Job Production 27537
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9027
124 Kanban Squares 6809
125 Laid-Down Cost 10134
126 Lean Office 6010
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10839
128 Lee's Notation 8544
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14184
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37129
 
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