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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 9438
32 Buffer Stock 59028
33 Build to Stock 12873
34 Bullwhip Effect 9501
35 Business Logistics 25502
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12501
37 Capacity Management 40260
38 Capacity Utilization 14011
39 Capital Intensive 8329
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8638
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8926
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9220
45 Co-managed Inventory 12397
46 Co-Packers 11706
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6798
48 Computer-Based Training 7641
49 Consular Invoice 19650
50 Container Depot 10552
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19401
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12012
54 Contract Carrier 7291
55 Contract of Affreightment 11350
56 Control Charts 7908
57 Cost Flow 10212
58 Courier Service 15143
59 CPFR 8161
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11725
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43976
62 Date Code 18113
63 Days of Supply 19743
64 Dead on Arrival 9159
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7253
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8046
67 Detective Control 8856
68 Devanning 14159
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10803
70 Dispatching 24331
71 Distributed Inventory 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34555
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24124
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15126
76 Double Marginalization 52533
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22214
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26095
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38185
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49484
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7561
84 Efficient Frontier 25352
85 Engineer-to-Order 31627
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16310
87 Erlang B Formula 9292
88 ETD 8272
89 Ex Works 7790
90 Exception Rate 13404
91 Exponential smoothing 9774
92 External Growth 10006
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9371
94 Field Services 7702
95 Field Warehouse 10164
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14537
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26898
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8109
101 FOB Destination 12956
102 Forward buying 29982
103 Freight Charge 10266
104 Freight Consolidation 7479
105 Gantt Chart 8243
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11653
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29472
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12615
109 Hub 23323
110 Idle Time 8009
111 Import/Export License 8656
112 In Bond Shipment 13851
113 Inbound Logistics 13492
114 Interstate System 10945
115 Inventory Costs 53386
116 Inventory in Transit 16354
117 Inventory Management 54519
118 Inventory Planning System 9733
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22213
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42385
121 JIT 2 18380
122 Job Production 27393
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8990
124 Kanban Squares 6783
125 Laid-Down Cost 10092
126 Lean Office 5972
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10826
128 Lee's Notation 8516
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14126
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37022
 
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