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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 9504
32 Buffer Stock 59194
33 Build to Stock 12960
34 Bullwhip Effect 9614
35 Business Logistics 25658
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12560
37 Capacity Management 40453
38 Capacity Utilization 14088
39 Capital Intensive 8394
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8718
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12114
42 Certified Supplier 8960
43 Channel Effectiveness 8918
44 Co-Destiny 9286
45 Co-managed Inventory 12505
46 Co-Packers 11754
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6860
48 Computer-Based Training 7684
49 Consular Invoice 19757
50 Container Depot 10597
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19498
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12069
54 Contract Carrier 7313
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7954
57 Cost Flow 10259
58 Courier Service 15216
59 CPFR 8207
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11783
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44118
62 Date Code 18203
63 Days of Supply 19816
64 Dead on Arrival 9266
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8091
67 Detective Control 8899
68 Devanning 14203
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10896
70 Dispatching 24475
71 Distributed Inventory 8344
72 Distribution Channel Management 34696
73 Distribution Metrics 9097
74 Distribution Planning 24180
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15198
76 Double Marginalization 52663
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22319
78 Dual 5435
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20590
80 Echelon Inventory 26183
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49680
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7605
84 Efficient Frontier 25447
85 Engineer-to-Order 31717
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16447
87 Erlang B Formula 9336
88 ETD 8319
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13475
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9458
94 Field Services 7738
95 Field Warehouse 10407
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14595
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27002
99 Flow Through Distribution 12298
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8165
101 FOB Destination 13009
102 Forward buying 30098
103 Freight Charge 10356
104 Freight Consolidation 7517
105 Gantt Chart 8279
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11720
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29566
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12669
109 Hub 23403
110 Idle Time 8058
111 Import/Export License 8707
112 In Bond Shipment 13932
113 Inbound Logistics 13568
114 Interstate System 10990
115 Inventory Costs 53573
116 Inventory in Transit 16472
117 Inventory Management 54719
118 Inventory Planning System 9814
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22279
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42640
121 JIT 2 18426
122 Job Production 27617
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9087
124 Kanban Squares 6821
125 Laid-Down Cost 10166
126 Lean Office 6074
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8559
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14208
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37210
 
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