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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 9350
32 Buffer Stock 58719
33 Build to Stock 12807
34 Bullwhip Effect 9413
35 Business Logistics 25344
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12423
37 Capacity Management 39985
38 Capacity Utilization 13912
39 Capital Intensive 8230
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8533
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11967
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8836
44 Co-Destiny 9147
45 Co-managed Inventory 12314
46 Co-Packers 11637
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6731
48 Computer-Based Training 7581
49 Consular Invoice 19515
50 Container Depot 10478
51 Container Freight Station 10201
52 Continuous Replenishment 19323
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11934
54 Contract Carrier 7253
55 Contract of Affreightment 11287
56 Control Charts 7850
57 Cost Flow 10152
58 Courier Service 15040
59 CPFR 8099
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11645
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43745
62 Date Code 17986
63 Days of Supply 19651
64 Dead on Arrival 9071
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7184
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7978
67 Detective Control 8784
68 Devanning 14096
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10723
70 Dispatching 24060
71 Distributed Inventory 8248
72 Distribution Channel Management 34387
73 Distribution Metrics 8906
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15017
76 Double Marginalization 52405
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22133
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20438
80 Echelon Inventory 25981
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38094
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49255
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7502
84 Efficient Frontier 25217
85 Engineer-to-Order 31493
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16170
87 Erlang B Formula 9216
88 ETD 8199
89 Ex Works 7743
90 Exception Rate 13302
91 Exponential smoothing 9722
92 External Growth 9930
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9308
94 Field Services 7653
95 Field Warehouse 9811
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8595
97 Fishbone Diagram 14459
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26764
99 Flow Through Distribution 12165
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8040
101 FOB Destination 12863
102 Forward buying 29879
103 Freight Charge 10205
104 Freight Consolidation 7419
105 Gantt Chart 8197
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11571
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29362
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12540
109 Hub 23222
110 Idle Time 7956
111 Import/Export License 8589
112 In Bond Shipment 13751
113 Inbound Logistics 13388
114 Interstate System 10874
115 Inventory Costs 53165
116 Inventory in Transit 16267
117 Inventory Management 54281
118 Inventory Planning System 9679
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22106
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42005
121 JIT 2 18316
122 Job Production 27121
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8912
124 Kanban Squares 6733
125 Laid-Down Cost 10008
126 Lean Office 5915
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10789
128 Lee's Notation 8457
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14015
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36737
 
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