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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 9670
32 Buffer Stock 59591
33 Build to Stock 13119
34 Bullwhip Effect 9810
35 Business Logistics 25986
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12676
37 Capacity Management 40996
38 Capacity Utilization 14247
39 Capital Intensive 8553
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8898
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12255
42 Certified Supplier 9046
43 Channel Effectiveness 9028
44 Co-Destiny 9407
45 Co-managed Inventory 12683
46 Co-Packers 11882
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6985
48 Computer-Based Training 7779
49 Consular Invoice 19972
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10354
52 Continuous Replenishment 19683
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12187
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11517
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10382
58 Courier Service 15382
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44437
62 Date Code 18469
63 Days of Supply 19980
64 Dead on Arrival 9462
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7402
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8227
67 Detective Control 9016
68 Devanning 14324
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11083
70 Dispatching 24744
71 Distributed Inventory 8453
72 Distribution Channel Management 35070
73 Distribution Metrics 9281
74 Distribution Planning 24347
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15380
76 Double Marginalization 52967
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22527
78 Dual 5507
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20737
80 Echelon Inventory 26369
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38404
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50078
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7714
84 Efficient Frontier 25676
85 Engineer-to-Order 31931
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16730
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8421
89 Ex Works 7914
90 Exception Rate 13641
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9623
94 Field Services 7809
95 Field Warehouse 10885
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8930
97 Fishbone Diagram 14729
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27273
99 Flow Through Distribution 12438
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8294
101 FOB Destination 13173
102 Forward buying 30369
103 Freight Charge 10501
104 Freight Consolidation 7607
105 Gantt Chart 8362
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11869
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29732
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12802
109 Hub 23588
110 Idle Time 8158
111 Import/Export License 8823
112 In Bond Shipment 14093
113 Inbound Logistics 13713
114 Interstate System 11109
115 Inventory Costs 54012
116 Inventory in Transit 16683
117 Inventory Management 55161
118 Inventory Planning System 9963
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22463
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43268
121 JIT 2 18546
122 Job Production 28129
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9245
124 Kanban Squares 6947
125 Laid-Down Cost 10341
126 Lean Office 6224
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10909
128 Lee's Notation 8642
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14418
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37570
 
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