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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) 22944
22 Average Speed of Answer 26546
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23083
24 Batch Production 38305
25 Bill Discounting 14496
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11191
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7125
28 Blanket Release 9987
29 Bonded Warehouse 10046
30 Booking Number 13752
31 Bottleneck 9485
32 Buffer Stock 59163
33 Build to Stock 12915
34 Bullwhip Effect 9564
35 Business Logistics 25608
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12548
37 Capacity Management 40409
38 Capacity Utilization 14074
39 Capital Intensive 8385
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8707
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12104
42 Certified Supplier 8954
43 Channel Effectiveness 8910
44 Co-Destiny 9275
45 Co-managed Inventory 12455
46 Co-Packers 11747
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6844
48 Computer-Based Training 7676
49 Consular Invoice 19734
50 Container Depot 10588
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19450
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12056
54 Contract Carrier 7308
55 Contract of Affreightment 11394
56 Control Charts 7947
57 Cost Flow 10247
58 Courier Service 15204
59 CPFR 8197
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11773
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44087
62 Date Code 18188
63 Days of Supply 19802
64 Dead on Arrival 9219
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7290
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14194
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10849
70 Dispatching 24450
71 Distributed Inventory 8339
72 Distribution Channel Management 34671
73 Distribution Metrics 9086
74 Distribution Planning 24170
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15187
76 Double Marginalization 52615
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22272
78 Dual 5430
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20579
80 Echelon Inventory 26169
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49644
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25434
85 Engineer-to-Order 31702
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16398
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8313
89 Ex Works 7821
90 Exception Rate 13458
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10052
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9412
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10383
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8737
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26982
99 Flow Through Distribution 12288
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8156
101 FOB Destination 12999
102 Forward buying 30050
103 Freight Charge 10310
104 Freight Consolidation 7510
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11708
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29549
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12658
109 Hub 23389
110 Idle Time 8052
111 Import/Export License 8695
112 In Bond Shipment 13921
113 Inbound Logistics 13556
114 Interstate System 10984
115 Inventory Costs 53552
116 Inventory in Transit 16425
117 Inventory Management 54659
118 Inventory Planning System 9769
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22262
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42592
 
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