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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) 23076
22 Average Speed of Answer 26627
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23282
24 Batch Production 38592
25 Bill Discounting 14647
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11330
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7218
28 Blanket Release 10098
29 Bonded Warehouse 10131
30 Booking Number 13915
31 Bottleneck 9621
32 Buffer Stock 59518
33 Build to Stock 13090
34 Bullwhip Effect 9767
35 Business Logistics 25902
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12645
37 Capacity Management 40869
38 Capacity Utilization 14205
39 Capital Intensive 8515
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8855
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12219
42 Certified Supplier 9020
43 Channel Effectiveness 8995
44 Co-Destiny 9375
45 Co-managed Inventory 12649
46 Co-Packers 11851
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6955
48 Computer-Based Training 7753
49 Consular Invoice 19931
50 Container Depot 10673
51 Container Freight Station 10330
52 Continuous Replenishment 19648
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12154
54 Contract Carrier 7361
55 Contract of Affreightment 11485
56 Control Charts 8020
57 Cost Flow 10353
58 Courier Service 15341
59 CPFR 8284
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11882
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44353
62 Date Code 18371
63 Days of Supply 19940
64 Dead on Arrival 9421
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7375
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8192
67 Detective Control 8982
68 Devanning 14291
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11049
70 Dispatching 24680
71 Distributed Inventory 8426
72 Distribution Channel Management 34988
73 Distribution Metrics 9234
74 Distribution Planning 24299
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15330
76 Double Marginalization 52896
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22483
78 Dual 5488
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20704
80 Echelon Inventory 26303
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38359
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49976
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7683
84 Efficient Frontier 25617
85 Engineer-to-Order 31874
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16670
87 Erlang B Formula 9417
88 ETD 8392
89 Ex Works 7886
90 Exception Rate 13593
91 Exponential smoothing 9890
92 External Growth 10166
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9589
94 Field Services 7791
95 Field Warehouse 10747
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8882
97 Fishbone Diagram 14691
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27203
99 Flow Through Distribution 12400
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8259
101 FOB Destination 13142
102 Forward buying 30329
103 Freight Charge 10481
104 Freight Consolidation 7592
105 Gantt Chart 8345
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11825
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29692
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12771
109 Hub 23553
110 Idle Time 8134
111 Import/Export License 8803
112 In Bond Shipment 14067
113 Inbound Logistics 13680
114 Interstate System 11084
115 Inventory Costs 53924
116 Inventory in Transit 16632
117 Inventory Management 55059
118 Inventory Planning System 9937
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22408
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43155
 
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