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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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21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20564
22 Average Speed of Answer 24730
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19637
24 Batch Production 32010
25 Bill Discounting 11266
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8299
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5495
28 Blanket Release 7658
29 Bonded Warehouse 8266
30 Booking Number 10647
31 Bottleneck 7316
32 Buffer Stock 49650
33 Build to Stock 10846
34 Bullwhip Effect 7099
35 Business Logistics 20748
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10630
37 Capacity Management 30833
38 Capacity Utilization 11177
39 Capital Intensive 6198
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6110
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9769
42 Certified Supplier 7286
43 Channel Effectiveness 7049
44 Co-Destiny 7193
45 Co-managed Inventory 9973
46 Co-Packers 9820
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4609
48 Computer-Based Training 6128
49 Consular Invoice 16612
50 Container Depot 8825
51 Container Freight Station 8633
52 Continuous Replenishment 16822
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10180
54 Contract Carrier 5910
55 Contract of Affreightment 9525
56 Control Charts 6369
57 Cost Flow 8431
58 Courier Service 12306
59 CPFR 6398
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9861
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 35649
62 Date Code 14501
63 Days of Supply 17216
64 Dead on Arrival 6896
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5726
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6112
67 Detective Control 6914
68 Devanning 12212
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8339
70 Dispatching 19126
71 Distributed Inventory 6799
72 Distribution Channel Management 28203
73 Distribution Metrics 6283
74 Distribution Planning 21442
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12382
76 Double Marginalization 47903
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19829
78 Dual 3870
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18358
80 Echelon Inventory 23843
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34722
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42302
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5869
84 Efficient Frontier 21406
85 Engineer-to-Order 27474
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13328
87 Erlang B Formula 7184
88 ETD 6440
89 Ex Works 6173
90 Exception Rate 10325
91 Exponential smoothing 8018
92 External Growth 8137
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7555
94 Field Services 6156
95 Field Warehouse 7822
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5439
97 Fishbone Diagram 12385
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22099
99 Flow Through Distribution 10130
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6158
101 FOB Destination 10046
102 Forward buying 27035
103 Freight Charge 8758
104 Freight Consolidation 5872
105 Gantt Chart 6926
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9070
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26078
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10797
109 Hub 20420
110 Idle Time 6484
111 Import/Export License 6712
112 In Bond Shipment 11568
113 Inbound Logistics 11378
114 Interstate System 9414
115 Inventory Costs 45198
116 Inventory in Transit 13356
117 Inventory Management 45450
118 Inventory Planning System 7605
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19219
120 JIT (Just In Time) 31991
 
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