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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 9617
32 Buffer Stock 59514
33 Build to Stock 13088
34 Bullwhip Effect 9765
35 Business Logistics 25898
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12642
37 Capacity Management 40861
38 Capacity Utilization 14200
39 Capital Intensive 8512
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8854
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12219
42 Certified Supplier 9019
43 Channel Effectiveness 8994
44 Co-Destiny 9374
45 Co-managed Inventory 12648
46 Co-Packers 11849
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6954
48 Computer-Based Training 7752
49 Consular Invoice 19927
50 Container Depot 10673
51 Container Freight Station 10329
52 Continuous Replenishment 19644
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12152
54 Contract Carrier 7360
55 Contract of Affreightment 11484
56 Control Charts 8019
57 Cost Flow 10353
58 Courier Service 15340
59 CPFR 8284
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11880
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44349
62 Date Code 18366
63 Days of Supply 19938
64 Dead on Arrival 9420
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7373
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8191
67 Detective Control 8981
68 Devanning 14288
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11049
70 Dispatching 24679
71 Distributed Inventory 8424
72 Distribution Channel Management 34980
73 Distribution Metrics 9231
74 Distribution Planning 24298
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15327
76 Double Marginalization 52894
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22483
78 Dual 5487
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20702
80 Echelon Inventory 26303
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38357
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49975
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7682
84 Efficient Frontier 25614
85 Engineer-to-Order 31874
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16668
87 Erlang B Formula 9416
88 ETD 8392
89 Ex Works 7885
90 Exception Rate 13591
91 Exponential smoothing 9889
92 External Growth 10164
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9587
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10741
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8879
97 Fishbone Diagram 14688
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27199
99 Flow Through Distribution 12398
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8257
101 FOB Destination 13138
102 Forward buying 30324
103 Freight Charge 10480
104 Freight Consolidation 7591
105 Gantt Chart 8342
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11822
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29689
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12767
109 Hub 23548
110 Idle Time 8133
111 Import/Export License 8800
112 In Bond Shipment 14064
113 Inbound Logistics 13677
114 Interstate System 11082
115 Inventory Costs 53916
116 Inventory in Transit 16629
117 Inventory Management 55055
118 Inventory Planning System 9936
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22406
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43150
121 JIT 2 18515
122 Job Production 27998
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9213
124 Kanban Squares 6913
125 Laid-Down Cost 10298
126 Lean Office 6196
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10896
128 Lee's Notation 8627
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14362
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37476
 
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