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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 9702
32 Buffer Stock 59669
33 Build to Stock 13148
34 Bullwhip Effect 9862
35 Business Logistics 26043
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12707
37 Capacity Management 41137
38 Capacity Utilization 14305
39 Capital Intensive 8582
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8944
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12293
42 Certified Supplier 9061
43 Channel Effectiveness 9054
44 Co-Destiny 9437
45 Co-managed Inventory 12727
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7016
48 Computer-Based Training 7803
49 Consular Invoice 20036
50 Container Depot 10731
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19721
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12211
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11550
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10417
58 Courier Service 15416
59 CPFR 8340
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11948
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44552
62 Date Code 18539
63 Days of Supply 20018
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7430
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8256
67 Detective Control 9057
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11121
70 Dispatching 24817
71 Distributed Inventory 8472
72 Distribution Channel Management 35150
73 Distribution Metrics 9330
74 Distribution Planning 24386
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15419
76 Double Marginalization 53025
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22573
78 Dual 5535
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20766
80 Echelon Inventory 26449
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38458
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50188
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7737
84 Efficient Frontier 25738
85 Engineer-to-Order 31982
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16809
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8451
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13675
91 Exponential smoothing 9941
92 External Growth 10236
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9663
94 Field Services 7832
95 Field Warehouse 11011
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8984
97 Fishbone Diagram 14767
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27342
99 Flow Through Distribution 12480
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8335
101 FOB Destination 13224
102 Forward buying 30424
103 Freight Charge 10526
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8384
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11919
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29772
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12843
109 Hub 23642
110 Idle Time 8188
111 Import/Export License 8852
112 In Bond Shipment 14134
113 Inbound Logistics 13755
114 Interstate System 11136
115 Inventory Costs 54099
116 Inventory in Transit 16741
117 Inventory Management 55280
118 Inventory Planning System 9997
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22515
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43444
121 JIT 2 18576
122 Job Production 28269
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9275
124 Kanban Squares 6975
125 Laid-Down Cost 10384
126 Lean Office 6253
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8663
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14468
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37671
 
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