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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) 22600
22 Average Speed of Answer 26321
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22563
24 Batch Production 37493
25 Bill Discounting 14040
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10758
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6875
28 Blanket Release 9714
29 Bonded Warehouse 9810
30 Booking Number 13349
31 Bottleneck 9152
32 Buffer Stock 58172
33 Build to Stock 12669
34 Bullwhip Effect 9228
35 Business Logistics 25004
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12282
37 Capacity Management 39365
38 Capacity Utilization 13710
39 Capital Intensive 8046
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8313
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11793
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8748
44 Co-Destiny 9006
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11517
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6576
48 Computer-Based Training 7465
49 Consular Invoice 19262
50 Container Depot 10319
51 Container Freight Station 10098
52 Continuous Replenishment 19155
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11774
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7726
57 Cost Flow 10033
58 Courier Service 14788
59 CPFR 7966
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11494
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43221
62 Date Code 17690
63 Days of Supply 19423
64 Dead on Arrival 8889
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7057
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7824
67 Detective Control 8673
68 Devanning 13955
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10563
70 Dispatching 23563
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33974
73 Distribution Metrics 8671
74 Distribution Planning 23861
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14811
76 Double Marginalization 52134
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21958
78 Dual 5233
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25829
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37918
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48758
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7384
84 Efficient Frontier 24913
85 Engineer-to-Order 31207
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15886
87 Erlang B Formula 9058
88 ETD 8062
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13105
91 Exponential smoothing 9586
92 External Growth 9797
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9183
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9657
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8391
97 Fishbone Diagram 14279
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26475
99 Flow Through Distribution 12012
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7893
101 FOB Destination 12647
102 Forward buying 29676
103 Freight Charge 10071
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8092
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11372
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29130
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12405
109 Hub 23004
110 Idle Time 7844
111 Import/Export License 8455
112 In Bond Shipment 13577
113 Inbound Logistics 13175
114 Interstate System 10762
115 Inventory Costs 52654
116 Inventory in Transit 16055
117 Inventory Management 53758
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21867
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41237
 
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