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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 9385
32 Buffer Stock 58838
33 Build to Stock 12838
34 Bullwhip Effect 9451
35 Business Logistics 25414
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12458
37 Capacity Management 40106
38 Capacity Utilization 13958
39 Capital Intensive 8275
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8584
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12004
42 Certified Supplier 8899
43 Channel Effectiveness 8854
44 Co-Destiny 9182
45 Co-managed Inventory 12354
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6763
48 Computer-Based Training 7607
49 Consular Invoice 19565
50 Container Depot 10515
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19357
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11964
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7877
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15086
59 CPFR 8124
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11680
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43848
62 Date Code 18050
63 Days of Supply 19688
64 Dead on Arrival 9104
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8815
68 Devanning 14121
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24192
71 Distributed Inventory 8269
72 Distribution Channel Management 34464
73 Distribution Metrics 8955
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52462
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22167
78 Dual 5373
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20477
80 Echelon Inventory 26034
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38138
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49359
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7526
84 Efficient Frontier 25281
85 Engineer-to-Order 31553
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16238
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8234
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9915
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8640
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26825
99 Flow Through Distribution 12201
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8069
101 FOB Destination 12907
102 Forward buying 29921
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7444
105 Gantt Chart 8213
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11607
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29406
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12574
109 Hub 23269
110 Idle Time 7978
111 Import/Export License 8619
112 In Bond Shipment 13789
113 Inbound Logistics 13437
114 Interstate System 10905
115 Inventory Costs 53269
116 Inventory in Transit 16303
117 Inventory Management 54407
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22153
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42180
121 JIT 2 18342
122 Job Production 27248
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8943
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10045
126 Lean Office 5942
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8485
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14069
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36867
 
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