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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 9573
32 Buffer Stock 59424
33 Build to Stock 13057
34 Bullwhip Effect 9713
35 Business Logistics 25825
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12607
37 Capacity Management 40713
38 Capacity Utilization 14158
39 Capital Intensive 8464
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8803
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12185
42 Certified Supplier 8996
43 Channel Effectiveness 8965
44 Co-Destiny 9336
45 Co-managed Inventory 12609
46 Co-Packers 11817
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6919
48 Computer-Based Training 7722
49 Consular Invoice 19868
50 Container Depot 10643
51 Container Freight Station 10306
52 Continuous Replenishment 19614
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12124
54 Contract Carrier 7343
55 Contract of Affreightment 11451
56 Control Charts 7990
57 Cost Flow 10312
58 Courier Service 15291
59 CPFR 8263
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11842
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44260
62 Date Code 18307
63 Days of Supply 19894
64 Dead on Arrival 9376
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7344
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8154
67 Detective Control 8944
68 Devanning 14251
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11006
70 Dispatching 24604
71 Distributed Inventory 8393
72 Distribution Channel Management 34874
73 Distribution Metrics 9183
74 Distribution Planning 24250
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15280
76 Double Marginalization 52832
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22439
78 Dual 5469
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20662
80 Echelon Inventory 26255
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38311
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49859
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7651
84 Efficient Frontier 25563
85 Engineer-to-Order 31823
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16602
87 Erlang B Formula 9384
88 ETD 8362
89 Ex Works 7863
90 Exception Rate 13544
91 Exponential smoothing 9857
92 External Growth 10122
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9556
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10621
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8830
97 Fishbone Diagram 14654
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27130
99 Flow Through Distribution 12358
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8216
101 FOB Destination 13095
102 Forward buying 30254
103 Freight Charge 10443
104 Freight Consolidation 7567
105 Gantt Chart 8323
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11780
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29648
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12735
109 Hub 23497
110 Idle Time 8103
111 Import/Export License 8762
112 In Bond Shipment 14018
113 Inbound Logistics 13636
114 Interstate System 11046
115 Inventory Costs 53794
116 Inventory in Transit 16581
117 Inventory Management 54949
118 Inventory Planning System 9903
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22354
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43003
121 JIT 2 18487
122 Job Production 27852
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9177
124 Kanban Squares 6870
125 Laid-Down Cost 10251
126 Lean Office 6156
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10881
128 Lee's Notation 8603
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14308
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37398
 
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