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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) 23044
22 Average Speed of Answer 26610
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23241
24 Batch Production 38530
25 Bill Discounting 14607
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11305
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7197
28 Blanket Release 10077
29 Bonded Warehouse 10108
30 Booking Number 13881
31 Bottleneck 9587
32 Buffer Stock 59460
33 Build to Stock 13068
34 Bullwhip Effect 9728
35 Business Logistics 25843
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12622
37 Capacity Management 40775
38 Capacity Utilization 14170
39 Capital Intensive 8482
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8820
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12200
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8975
44 Co-Destiny 9349
45 Co-managed Inventory 12623
46 Co-Packers 11828
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6931
48 Computer-Based Training 7733
49 Consular Invoice 19893
50 Container Depot 10653
51 Container Freight Station 10313
52 Continuous Replenishment 19624
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12133
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11462
56 Control Charts 8001
57 Cost Flow 10331
58 Courier Service 15308
59 CPFR 8270
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11855
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44287
62 Date Code 18328
63 Days of Supply 19911
64 Dead on Arrival 9396
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7352
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8167
67 Detective Control 8958
68 Devanning 14268
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11019
70 Dispatching 24625
71 Distributed Inventory 8404
72 Distribution Channel Management 34911
73 Distribution Metrics 9200
74 Distribution Planning 24268
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15297
76 Double Marginalization 52853
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22456
78 Dual 5473
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20675
80 Echelon Inventory 26270
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38329
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49903
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7664
84 Efficient Frontier 25581
85 Engineer-to-Order 31842
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16624
87 Erlang B Formula 9397
88 ETD 8373
89 Ex Works 7873
90 Exception Rate 13558
91 Exponential smoothing 9867
92 External Growth 10139
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9569
94 Field Services 7777
95 Field Warehouse 10658
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8851
97 Fishbone Diagram 14668
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8231
101 FOB Destination 13114
102 Forward buying 30281
103 Freight Charge 10455
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11795
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29661
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12746
109 Hub 23518
110 Idle Time 8114
111 Import/Export License 8778
112 In Bond Shipment 14027
113 Inbound Logistics 13652
114 Interstate System 11061
115 Inventory Costs 53839
116 Inventory in Transit 16597
117 Inventory Management 54987
118 Inventory Planning System 9915
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22373
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43070
 
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