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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) 22698
22 Average Speed of Answer 26385
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22720
24 Batch Production 37730
25 Bill Discounting 14183
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10854
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6942
28 Blanket Release 9792
29 Bonded Warehouse 9880
30 Booking Number 13459
31 Bottleneck 9271
32 Buffer Stock 58454
33 Build to Stock 12745
34 Bullwhip Effect 9322
35 Business Logistics 25170
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12354
37 Capacity Management 39707
38 Capacity Utilization 13821
39 Capital Intensive 8140
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8421
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11881
42 Certified Supplier 8833
43 Channel Effectiveness 8794
44 Co-Destiny 9070
45 Co-managed Inventory 12238
46 Co-Packers 11577
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6656
48 Computer-Based Training 7530
49 Consular Invoice 19385
50 Container Depot 10402
51 Container Freight Station 10142
52 Continuous Replenishment 19239
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11864
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11217
56 Control Charts 7788
57 Cost Flow 10095
58 Courier Service 14932
59 CPFR 8039
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11574
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43494
62 Date Code 17825
63 Days of Supply 19540
64 Dead on Arrival 8984
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7115
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7899
67 Detective Control 8728
68 Devanning 14030
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10644
70 Dispatching 23782
71 Distributed Inventory 8197
72 Distribution Channel Management 34171
73 Distribution Metrics 8789
74 Distribution Planning 23951
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14921
76 Double Marginalization 52294
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22043
78 Dual 5305
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20354
80 Echelon Inventory 25904
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38009
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49031
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7445
84 Efficient Frontier 25064
85 Engineer-to-Order 31345
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16030
87 Erlang B Formula 9145
88 ETD 8122
89 Ex Works 7695
90 Exception Rate 13202
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9859
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9245
94 Field Services 7610
95 Field Warehouse 9729
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8499
97 Fishbone Diagram 14369
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26618
99 Flow Through Distribution 12096
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7967
101 FOB Destination 12741
102 Forward buying 29792
103 Freight Charge 10136
104 Freight Consolidation 7363
105 Gantt Chart 8144
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11491
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29243
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12469
109 Hub 23116
110 Idle Time 7898
111 Import/Export License 8522
112 In Bond Shipment 13672
113 Inbound Logistics 13272
114 Interstate System 10808
115 Inventory Costs 52913
116 Inventory in Transit 16163
117 Inventory Management 54003
118 Inventory Planning System 9621
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22008
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41626
 
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