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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) 22962
22 Average Speed of Answer 26556
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23106
24 Batch Production 38344
25 Bill Discounting 14513
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11217
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7137
28 Blanket Release 10007
29 Bonded Warehouse 10055
30 Booking Number 13773
31 Bottleneck 9511
32 Buffer Stock 59208
33 Build to Stock 12979
34 Bullwhip Effect 9635
35 Business Logistics 25684
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12565
37 Capacity Management 40468
38 Capacity Utilization 14091
39 Capital Intensive 8401
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8725
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12122
42 Certified Supplier 8963
43 Channel Effectiveness 8923
44 Co-Destiny 9291
45 Co-managed Inventory 12525
46 Co-Packers 11760
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6864
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19762
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19520
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7318
55 Contract of Affreightment 11406
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15222
59 CPFR 8214
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11790
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44128
62 Date Code 18208
63 Days of Supply 19825
64 Dead on Arrival 9288
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7305
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8100
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14205
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10918
70 Dispatching 24485
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34711
73 Distribution Metrics 9101
74 Distribution Planning 24189
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15203
76 Double Marginalization 52685
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22341
78 Dual 5438
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20597
80 Echelon Inventory 26192
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38252
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49693
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25461
85 Engineer-to-Order 31723
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16469
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13481
91 Exponential smoothing 9826
92 External Growth 10067
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9476
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10423
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8749
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27009
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8168
101 FOB Destination 13017
102 Forward buying 30120
103 Freight Charge 10376
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11723
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29572
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12673
109 Hub 23411
110 Idle Time 8063
111 Import/Export License 8710
112 In Bond Shipment 13937
113 Inbound Logistics 13574
114 Interstate System 10996
115 Inventory Costs 53597
116 Inventory in Transit 16493
117 Inventory Management 54747
118 Inventory Planning System 9834
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22285
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42664
 
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