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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) 22715
22 Average Speed of Answer 26400
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22756
24 Batch Production 37771
25 Bill Discounting 14205
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10890
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6957
28 Blanket Release 9807
29 Bonded Warehouse 9895
30 Booking Number 13483
31 Bottleneck 9286
32 Buffer Stock 58539
33 Build to Stock 12760
34 Bullwhip Effect 9346
35 Business Logistics 25214
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12367
37 Capacity Management 39781
38 Capacity Utilization 13843
39 Capital Intensive 8164
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8452
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11900
42 Certified Supplier 8842
43 Channel Effectiveness 8801
44 Co-Destiny 9087
45 Co-managed Inventory 12253
46 Co-Packers 11589
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6670
48 Computer-Based Training 7536
49 Consular Invoice 19414
50 Container Depot 10419
51 Container Freight Station 10151
52 Continuous Replenishment 19259
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11878
54 Contract Carrier 7223
55 Contract of Affreightment 11235
56 Control Charts 7802
57 Cost Flow 10110
58 Courier Service 14962
59 CPFR 8054
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11589
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43571
62 Date Code 17857
63 Days of Supply 19563
64 Dead on Arrival 9007
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7128
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7914
67 Detective Control 8736
68 Devanning 14048
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10665
70 Dispatching 23855
71 Distributed Inventory 8206
72 Distribution Channel Management 34240
73 Distribution Metrics 8817
74 Distribution Planning 23970
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14950
76 Double Marginalization 52319
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22067
78 Dual 5315
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20375
80 Echelon Inventory 25918
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38029
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49096
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7455
84 Efficient Frontier 25099
85 Engineer-to-Order 31384
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16063
87 Erlang B Formula 9156
88 ETD 8140
89 Ex Works 7711
90 Exception Rate 13219
91 Exponential smoothing 9662
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9257
94 Field Services 7619
95 Field Warehouse 9741
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8524
97 Fishbone Diagram 14393
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26651
99 Flow Through Distribution 12107
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7982
101 FOB Destination 12777
102 Forward buying 29812
103 Freight Charge 10149
104 Freight Consolidation 7377
105 Gantt Chart 8157
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11507
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29272
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12483
109 Hub 23142
110 Idle Time 7909
111 Import/Export License 8541
112 In Bond Shipment 13698
113 Inbound Logistics 13300
114 Interstate System 10820
115 Inventory Costs 52981
116 Inventory in Transit 16187
117 Inventory Management 54069
118 Inventory Planning System 9630
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22030
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41711
 
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