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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) 22862
22 Average Speed of Answer 26489
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22951
24 Batch Production 38093
25 Bill Discounting 14378
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11091
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7062
28 Blanket Release 9924
29 Bonded Warehouse 9988
30 Booking Number 13653
31 Bottleneck 9412
32 Buffer Stock 58923
33 Build to Stock 12852
34 Bullwhip Effect 9471
35 Business Logistics 25451
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12474
37 Capacity Management 40174
38 Capacity Utilization 13975
39 Capital Intensive 8297
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8608
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8908
43 Channel Effectiveness 8864
44 Co-Destiny 9201
45 Co-managed Inventory 12373
46 Co-Packers 11683
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6777
48 Computer-Based Training 7621
49 Consular Invoice 19604
50 Container Depot 10530
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19380
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11984
54 Contract Carrier 7278
55 Contract of Affreightment 11330
56 Control Charts 7894
57 Cost Flow 10188
58 Courier Service 15108
59 CPFR 8145
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11698
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43900
62 Date Code 18074
63 Days of Supply 19707
64 Dead on Arrival 9129
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7232
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8019
67 Detective Control 8836
68 Devanning 14138
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10775
70 Dispatching 24259
71 Distributed Inventory 8285
72 Distribution Channel Management 34509
73 Distribution Metrics 8985
74 Distribution Planning 24094
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15093
76 Double Marginalization 52494
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22190
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20497
80 Echelon Inventory 26059
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38158
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49425
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7542
84 Efficient Frontier 25305
85 Engineer-to-Order 31580
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16268
87 Erlang B Formula 9267
88 ETD 8255
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13370
91 Exponential smoothing 9757
92 External Growth 9979
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9349
94 Field Services 7689
95 Field Warehouse 10023
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8658
97 Fishbone Diagram 14511
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26851
99 Flow Through Distribution 12219
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8085
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29951
103 Freight Charge 10247
104 Freight Consolidation 7458
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11626
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29438
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12595
109 Hub 23291
110 Idle Time 7990
111 Import/Export License 8636
112 In Bond Shipment 13815
113 Inbound Logistics 13460
114 Interstate System 10921
115 Inventory Costs 53323
116 Inventory in Transit 16322
117 Inventory Management 54454
118 Inventory Planning System 9717
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22174
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42269
 
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