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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 9219
32 Buffer Stock 58315
33 Build to Stock 12707
34 Bullwhip Effect 9282
35 Business Logistics 25093
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12315
37 Capacity Management 39528
38 Capacity Utilization 13768
39 Capital Intensive 8096
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8373
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11835
42 Certified Supplier 8806
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9043
45 Co-managed Inventory 12200
46 Co-Packers 11549
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6612
48 Computer-Based Training 7491
49 Consular Invoice 19330
50 Container Depot 10358
51 Container Freight Station 10122
52 Continuous Replenishment 19197
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11816
54 Contract Carrier 7200
55 Contract of Affreightment 11184
56 Control Charts 7757
57 Cost Flow 10065
58 Courier Service 14865
59 CPFR 8006
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11533
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43356
62 Date Code 17750
63 Days of Supply 19488
64 Dead on Arrival 8935
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7084
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7866
67 Detective Control 8693
68 Devanning 13995
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10605
70 Dispatching 23660
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34078
73 Distribution Metrics 8725
74 Distribution Planning 23909
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14867
76 Double Marginalization 52220
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22002
78 Dual 5272
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20306
80 Echelon Inventory 25871
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37965
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48896
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7415
84 Efficient Frontier 24990
85 Engineer-to-Order 31275
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15972
87 Erlang B Formula 9104
88 ETD 8095
89 Ex Works 7677
90 Exception Rate 13159
91 Exponential smoothing 9617
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9215
94 Field Services 7585
95 Field Warehouse 9696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8441
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26546
99 Flow Through Distribution 12056
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7931
101 FOB Destination 12693
102 Forward buying 29736
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7333
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11432
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29195
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12434
109 Hub 23066
110 Idle Time 7872
111 Import/Export License 8490
112 In Bond Shipment 13626
113 Inbound Logistics 13229
114 Interstate System 10783
115 Inventory Costs 52793
116 Inventory in Transit 16110
117 Inventory Management 53883
118 Inventory Planning System 9592
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21942
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41440
121 JIT 2 18219
122 Job Production 26675
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8774
124 Kanban Squares 6630
125 Laid-Down Cost 9898
126 Lean Office 5812
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10743
128 Lee's Notation 8366
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13839
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36334
 
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