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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) 22971
22 Average Speed of Answer 26561
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23117
24 Batch Production 38374
25 Bill Discounting 14525
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11226
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7146
28 Blanket Release 10014
29 Bonded Warehouse 10060
30 Booking Number 13785
31 Bottleneck 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59235
33 Build to Stock 13017
34 Bullwhip Effect 9672
35 Business Logistics 25723
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12568
37 Capacity Management 40508
38 Capacity Utilization 14104
39 Capital Intensive 8410
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8735
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12129
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8928
44 Co-Destiny 9298
45 Co-managed Inventory 12560
46 Co-Packers 11771
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6871
48 Computer-Based Training 7691
49 Consular Invoice 19778
50 Container Depot 10607
51 Container Freight Station 10275
52 Continuous Replenishment 19557
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12076
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11414
56 Control Charts 7962
57 Cost Flow 10274
58 Courier Service 15232
59 CPFR 8221
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11798
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44143
62 Date Code 18226
63 Days of Supply 19835
64 Dead on Arrival 9320
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8105
67 Detective Control 8909
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10952
70 Dispatching 24510
71 Distributed Inventory 8355
72 Distribution Channel Management 34741
73 Distribution Metrics 9114
74 Distribution Planning 24200
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15210
76 Double Marginalization 52725
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22376
78 Dual 5441
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20609
80 Echelon Inventory 26204
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38261
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49721
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25479
85 Engineer-to-Order 31737
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16512
87 Erlang B Formula 9345
88 ETD 8330
89 Ex Works 7834
90 Exception Rate 13491
91 Exponential smoothing 9829
92 External Growth 10073
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9515
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10447
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8760
97 Fishbone Diagram 14606
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27028
99 Flow Through Distribution 12308
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8175
101 FOB Destination 13030
102 Forward buying 30159
103 Freight Charge 10409
104 Freight Consolidation 7530
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11732
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29584
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12683
109 Hub 23428
110 Idle Time 8068
111 Import/Export License 8718
112 In Bond Shipment 13952
113 Inbound Logistics 13581
114 Interstate System 11004
115 Inventory Costs 53622
116 Inventory in Transit 16529
117 Inventory Management 54793
118 Inventory Planning System 9868
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22295
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42707
 
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