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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) 22870
22 Average Speed of Answer 26496
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22970
24 Batch Production 38135
25 Bill Discounting 14394
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11110
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7073
28 Blanket Release 9933
29 Bonded Warehouse 9998
30 Booking Number 13666
31 Bottleneck 9424
32 Buffer Stock 58967
33 Build to Stock 12860
34 Bullwhip Effect 9485
35 Business Logistics 25473
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12486
37 Capacity Management 40206
38 Capacity Utilization 13991
39 Capital Intensive 8308
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8618
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12034
42 Certified Supplier 8916
43 Channel Effectiveness 8872
44 Co-Destiny 9210
45 Co-managed Inventory 12382
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6783
48 Computer-Based Training 7629
49 Consular Invoice 19618
50 Container Depot 10539
51 Container Freight Station 10228
52 Continuous Replenishment 19386
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11995
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11339
56 Control Charts 7898
57 Cost Flow 10196
58 Courier Service 15121
59 CPFR 8151
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11708
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43937
62 Date Code 18086
63 Days of Supply 19721
64 Dead on Arrival 9144
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7238
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8030
67 Detective Control 8844
68 Devanning 14145
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10789
70 Dispatching 24285
71 Distributed Inventory 8292
72 Distribution Channel Management 34525
73 Distribution Metrics 9000
74 Distribution Planning 24104
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15107
76 Double Marginalization 52511
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22197
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20509
80 Echelon Inventory 26076
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38170
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49450
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7548
84 Efficient Frontier 25322
85 Engineer-to-Order 31601
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16282
87 Erlang B Formula 9274
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7783
90 Exception Rate 13383
91 Exponential smoothing 9765
92 External Growth 9989
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7694
95 Field Warehouse 10082
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8674
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26872
99 Flow Through Distribution 12230
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8092
101 FOB Destination 12942
102 Forward buying 29962
103 Freight Charge 10255
104 Freight Consolidation 7467
105 Gantt Chart 8231
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11640
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29454
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12603
109 Hub 23302
110 Idle Time 7998
111 Import/Export License 8645
112 In Bond Shipment 13829
113 Inbound Logistics 13476
114 Interstate System 10931
115 Inventory Costs 53351
116 Inventory in Transit 16336
117 Inventory Management 54487
118 Inventory Planning System 9726
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22192
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42321
 
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