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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 9701
32 Buffer Stock 59668
33 Build to Stock 13147
34 Bullwhip Effect 9858
35 Business Logistics 26042
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12707
37 Capacity Management 41126
38 Capacity Utilization 14300
39 Capital Intensive 8581
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8941
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12292
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9054
44 Co-Destiny 9436
45 Co-managed Inventory 12725
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7015
48 Computer-Based Training 7802
49 Consular Invoice 20031
50 Container Depot 10728
51 Container Freight Station 10380
52 Continuous Replenishment 19720
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12210
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10416
58 Courier Service 15413
59 CPFR 8339
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11946
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44543
62 Date Code 18533
63 Days of Supply 20017
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7428
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8255
67 Detective Control 9054
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11119
70 Dispatching 24814
71 Distributed Inventory 8471
72 Distribution Channel Management 35143
73 Distribution Metrics 9329
74 Distribution Planning 24383
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15418
76 Double Marginalization 53023
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22570
78 Dual 5532
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20765
80 Echelon Inventory 26442
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38453
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50179
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25735
85 Engineer-to-Order 31978
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16806
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8449
89 Ex Works 7934
90 Exception Rate 13674
91 Exponential smoothing 9940
92 External Growth 10235
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9662
94 Field Services 7831
95 Field Warehouse 11000
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8980
97 Fishbone Diagram 14765
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27338
99 Flow Through Distribution 12478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8331
101 FOB Destination 13220
102 Forward buying 30418
103 Freight Charge 10525
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8382
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11916
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29769
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12838
109 Hub 23638
110 Idle Time 8184
111 Import/Export License 8851
112 In Bond Shipment 14130
113 Inbound Logistics 13754
114 Interstate System 11135
115 Inventory Costs 54093
116 Inventory in Transit 16738
117 Inventory Management 55273
118 Inventory Planning System 9995
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22513
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43430
121 JIT 2 18572
122 Job Production 28258
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9274
124 Kanban Squares 6973
125 Laid-Down Cost 10381
126 Lean Office 6252
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8661
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14466
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37665
 
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