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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 9202
32 Buffer Stock 58268
33 Build to Stock 12699
34 Bullwhip Effect 9271
35 Business Logistics 25061
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12304
37 Capacity Management 39480
38 Capacity Utilization 13748
39 Capital Intensive 8080
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8350
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11822
42 Certified Supplier 8799
43 Channel Effectiveness 8766
44 Co-Destiny 9034
45 Co-managed Inventory 12182
46 Co-Packers 11537
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6600
48 Computer-Based Training 7479
49 Consular Invoice 19311
50 Container Depot 10342
51 Container Freight Station 10117
52 Continuous Replenishment 19178
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11806
54 Contract Carrier 7192
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7746
57 Cost Flow 10053
58 Courier Service 14841
59 CPFR 7993
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11522
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43310
62 Date Code 17728
63 Days of Supply 19459
64 Dead on Arrival 8923
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7851
67 Detective Control 8688
68 Devanning 13982
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10588
70 Dispatching 23628
71 Distributed Inventory 8165
72 Distribution Channel Management 34045
73 Distribution Metrics 8710
74 Distribution Planning 23896
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14846
76 Double Marginalization 52183
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21986
78 Dual 5261
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20297
80 Echelon Inventory 25856
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37950
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48847
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7401
84 Efficient Frontier 24965
85 Engineer-to-Order 31253
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15943
87 Erlang B Formula 9092
88 ETD 8081
89 Ex Works 7668
90 Exception Rate 13140
91 Exponential smoothing 9608
92 External Growth 9820
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9206
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9683
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8426
97 Fishbone Diagram 14302
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26514
99 Flow Through Distribution 12040
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7922
101 FOB Destination 12676
102 Forward buying 29713
103 Freight Charge 10095
104 Freight Consolidation 7320
105 Gantt Chart 8112
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11414
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29174
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12423
109 Hub 23047
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8477
112 In Bond Shipment 13610
113 Inbound Logistics 13211
114 Interstate System 10773
115 Inventory Costs 52749
116 Inventory in Transit 16097
117 Inventory Management 53836
118 Inventory Planning System 9580
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21919
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41373
121 JIT 2 18207
122 Job Production 26628
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8760
124 Kanban Squares 6617
125 Laid-Down Cost 9886
126 Lean Office 5800
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10734
128 Lee's Notation 8352
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13819
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36281
 
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