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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 9511
32 Buffer Stock 59207
33 Build to Stock 12978
34 Bullwhip Effect 9634
35 Business Logistics 25682
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12565
37 Capacity Management 40467
38 Capacity Utilization 14091
39 Capital Intensive 8401
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8724
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12121
42 Certified Supplier 8963
43 Channel Effectiveness 8922
44 Co-Destiny 9291
45 Co-managed Inventory 12524
46 Co-Packers 11760
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6864
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19762
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19518
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7317
55 Contract of Affreightment 11404
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15221
59 CPFR 8214
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11789
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44127
62 Date Code 18208
63 Days of Supply 19824
64 Dead on Arrival 9286
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7305
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8100
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14205
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10917
70 Dispatching 24484
71 Distributed Inventory 8350
72 Distribution Channel Management 34710
73 Distribution Metrics 9100
74 Distribution Planning 24188
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15203
76 Double Marginalization 52683
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22340
78 Dual 5438
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20597
80 Echelon Inventory 26191
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38251
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49692
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25461
85 Engineer-to-Order 31721
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16467
87 Erlang B Formula 9341
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13481
91 Exponential smoothing 9825
92 External Growth 10067
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9475
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10422
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8749
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27007
99 Flow Through Distribution 12302
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8168
101 FOB Destination 13017
102 Forward buying 30118
103 Freight Charge 10374
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11722
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29572
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12672
109 Hub 23409
110 Idle Time 8063
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13937
113 Inbound Logistics 13571
114 Interstate System 10995
115 Inventory Costs 53596
116 Inventory in Transit 16492
117 Inventory Management 54745
118 Inventory Planning System 9833
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22285
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42662
121 JIT 2 18432
122 Job Production 27634
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9106
124 Kanban Squares 6825
125 Laid-Down Cost 10172
126 Lean Office 6091
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10848
128 Lee's Notation 8564
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14214
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37230
 
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