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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 9156
32 Buffer Stock 58186
33 Build to Stock 12674
34 Bullwhip Effect 9231
35 Business Logistics 25017
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12286
37 Capacity Management 39381
38 Capacity Utilization 13713
39 Capital Intensive 8049
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8320
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11797
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9008
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11519
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6577
48 Computer-Based Training 7468
49 Consular Invoice 19265
50 Container Depot 10321
51 Container Freight Station 10100
52 Continuous Replenishment 19158
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11780
54 Contract Carrier 7183
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7726
57 Cost Flow 10035
58 Courier Service 14793
59 CPFR 7969
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11498
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43230
62 Date Code 17695
63 Days of Supply 19427
64 Dead on Arrival 8894
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7825
67 Detective Control 8674
68 Devanning 13957
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10566
70 Dispatching 23569
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33980
73 Distribution Metrics 8673
74 Distribution Planning 23863
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14815
76 Double Marginalization 52137
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21963
78 Dual 5237
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25831
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37921
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48771
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7385
84 Efficient Frontier 24918
85 Engineer-to-Order 31212
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15892
87 Erlang B Formula 9061
88 ETD 8064
89 Ex Works 7658
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9590
92 External Growth 9803
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9659
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8394
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26482
99 Flow Through Distribution 12016
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7897
101 FOB Destination 12651
102 Forward buying 29680
103 Freight Charge 10076
104 Freight Consolidation 7298
105 Gantt Chart 8095
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11378
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29133
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23010
110 Idle Time 7846
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13582
113 Inbound Logistics 13180
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52671
116 Inventory in Transit 16059
117 Inventory Management 53765
118 Inventory Planning System 9555
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21874
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41253
121 JIT 2 18189
122 Job Production 26534
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8735
124 Kanban Squares 6596
125 Laid-Down Cost 9872
126 Lean Office 5782
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8334
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13785
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36211
 
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