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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) 22446
22 Average Speed of Answer 26239
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22295
24 Batch Production 37157
25 Bill Discounting 13859
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10588
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6782
28 Blanket Release 9621
29 Bonded Warehouse 9695
30 Booking Number 13152
31 Bottleneck 9002
32 Buffer Stock 57657
33 Build to Stock 12542
34 Bullwhip Effect 9104
35 Business Logistics 24735
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12188
37 Capacity Management 38726
38 Capacity Utilization 13553
39 Capital Intensive 7913
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8127
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11618
42 Certified Supplier 8709
43 Channel Effectiveness 8639
44 Co-Destiny 8911
45 Co-managed Inventory 12022
46 Co-Packers 11420
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6443
48 Computer-Based Training 7388
49 Consular Invoice 19052
50 Container Depot 10207
51 Container Freight Station 10018
52 Continuous Replenishment 19008
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11665
54 Contract Carrier 7119
55 Contract of Affreightment 11072
56 Control Charts 7621
57 Cost Flow 9935
58 Courier Service 14586
59 CPFR 7874
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11364
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42759
62 Date Code 17507
63 Days of Supply 19255
64 Dead on Arrival 8753
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6984
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7708
67 Detective Control 8590
68 Devanning 13858
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10423
70 Dispatching 23192
71 Distributed Inventory 8060
72 Distribution Channel Management 33607
73 Distribution Metrics 8475
74 Distribution Planning 23715
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14640
76 Double Marginalization 51833
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21815
78 Dual 5144
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20188
80 Echelon Inventory 25707
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37758
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48288
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7294
84 Efficient Frontier 24670
85 Engineer-to-Order 30993
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15623
87 Erlang B Formula 8935
88 ETD 7965
89 Ex Works 7571
90 Exception Rate 12942
91 Exponential smoothing 9483
92 External Growth 9691
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9087
94 Field Services 7490
95 Field Warehouse 9537
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8229
97 Fishbone Diagram 14143
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26255
99 Flow Through Distribution 11896
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7790
101 FOB Destination 12486
102 Forward buying 29475
103 Freight Charge 9986
104 Freight Consolidation 7191
105 Gantt Chart 7994
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11248
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28813
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12318
109 Hub 22829
110 Idle Time 7745
111 Import/Export License 8340
112 In Bond Shipment 13399
113 Inbound Logistics 13016
114 Interstate System 10694
115 Inventory Costs 52187
116 Inventory in Transit 15911
117 Inventory Management 53389
118 Inventory Planning System 9460
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21688
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40528
 
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