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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 9178
32 Buffer Stock 58223
33 Build to Stock 12685
34 Bullwhip Effect 9247
35 Business Logistics 25040
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12292
37 Capacity Management 39422
38 Capacity Utilization 13727
39 Capital Intensive 8066
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8337
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11807
42 Certified Supplier 8792
43 Channel Effectiveness 8756
44 Co-Destiny 9022
45 Co-managed Inventory 12166
46 Co-Packers 11530
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6591
48 Computer-Based Training 7473
49 Consular Invoice 19285
50 Container Depot 10332
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19165
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11792
54 Contract Carrier 7189
55 Contract of Affreightment 11168
56 Control Charts 7736
57 Cost Flow 10042
58 Courier Service 14820
59 CPFR 7983
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11508
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43269
62 Date Code 17714
63 Days of Supply 19444
64 Dead on Arrival 8909
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7067
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7837
67 Detective Control 8679
68 Devanning 13970
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10578
70 Dispatching 23597
71 Distributed Inventory 8155
72 Distribution Channel Management 34008
73 Distribution Metrics 8693
74 Distribution Planning 23885
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14826
76 Double Marginalization 52157
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21974
78 Dual 5249
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20285
80 Echelon Inventory 25845
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37937
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48808
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7394
84 Efficient Frontier 24938
85 Engineer-to-Order 31230
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15916
87 Erlang B Formula 9077
88 ETD 8071
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13122
91 Exponential smoothing 9596
92 External Growth 9811
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7575
95 Field Warehouse 9672
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8407
97 Fishbone Diagram 14291
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26494
99 Flow Through Distribution 12028
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7906
101 FOB Destination 12663
102 Forward buying 29692
103 Freight Charge 10084
104 Freight Consolidation 7308
105 Gantt Chart 8102
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11395
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29147
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12412
109 Hub 23028
110 Idle Time 7853
111 Import/Export License 8465
112 In Bond Shipment 13593
113 Inbound Logistics 13195
114 Interstate System 10769
115 Inventory Costs 52706
116 Inventory in Transit 16073
117 Inventory Management 53802
118 Inventory Planning System 9567
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21892
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41305
121 JIT 2 18196
122 Job Production 26574
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8746
124 Kanban Squares 6607
125 Laid-Down Cost 9877
126 Lean Office 5789
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10727
128 Lee's Notation 8343
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13800
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36240
 
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