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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 9695
32 Buffer Stock 59660
33 Build to Stock 13143
34 Bullwhip Effect 9854
35 Business Logistics 26036
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12704
37 Capacity Management 41107
38 Capacity Utilization 14292
39 Capital Intensive 8579
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8938
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12286
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9052
44 Co-Destiny 9434
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11912
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7011
48 Computer-Based Training 7796
49 Consular Invoice 20023
50 Container Depot 10725
51 Container Freight Station 10377
52 Continuous Replenishment 19717
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12207
54 Contract Carrier 7396
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8062
57 Cost Flow 10412
58 Courier Service 15410
59 CPFR 8337
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11941
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44535
62 Date Code 18525
63 Days of Supply 20013
64 Dead on Arrival 9493
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7424
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8250
67 Detective Control 9047
68 Devanning 14347
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11113
70 Dispatching 24805
71 Distributed Inventory 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35137
73 Distribution Metrics 9323
74 Distribution Planning 24381
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15415
76 Double Marginalization 53014
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22565
78 Dual 5528
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20759
80 Echelon Inventory 26434
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38447
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50166
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25730
85 Engineer-to-Order 31971
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16799
87 Erlang B Formula 9469
88 ETD 8447
89 Ex Works 7930
90 Exception Rate 13670
91 Exponential smoothing 9938
92 External Growth 10230
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9657
94 Field Services 7829
95 Field Warehouse 10977
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8975
97 Fishbone Diagram 14763
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27328
99 Flow Through Distribution 12475
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8325
101 FOB Destination 13217
102 Forward buying 30410
103 Freight Charge 10520
104 Freight Consolidation 7629
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11909
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29766
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12833
109 Hub 23630
110 Idle Time 8182
111 Import/Export License 8846
112 In Bond Shipment 14127
113 Inbound Logistics 13748
114 Interstate System 11133
115 Inventory Costs 54088
116 Inventory in Transit 16729
117 Inventory Management 55257
118 Inventory Planning System 9991
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22508
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43410
121 JIT 2 18570
122 Job Production 28241
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9270
124 Kanban Squares 6970
125 Laid-Down Cost 10375
126 Lean Office 6251
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8660
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14460
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37657
 
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