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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) 22737
22 Average Speed of Answer 26418
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22799
24 Batch Production 37829
25 Bill Discounting 14234
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10937
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6978
28 Blanket Release 9825
29 Bonded Warehouse 9916
30 Booking Number 13512
31 Bottleneck 9308
32 Buffer Stock 58599
33 Build to Stock 12778
34 Bullwhip Effect 9367
35 Business Logistics 25259
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12384
37 Capacity Management 39864
38 Capacity Utilization 13869
39 Capital Intensive 8191
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8484
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11927
42 Certified Supplier 8853
43 Channel Effectiveness 8812
44 Co-Destiny 9104
45 Co-managed Inventory 12278
46 Co-Packers 11605
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6689
48 Computer-Based Training 7553
49 Consular Invoice 19446
50 Container Depot 10442
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11904
54 Contract Carrier 7233
55 Contract of Affreightment 11261
56 Control Charts 7818
57 Cost Flow 10130
58 Courier Service 14993
59 CPFR 8070
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11611
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43650
62 Date Code 17906
63 Days of Supply 19595
64 Dead on Arrival 9031
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7148
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7932
67 Detective Control 8754
68 Devanning 14071
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10682
70 Dispatching 23940
71 Distributed Inventory 8216
72 Distribution Channel Management 34283
73 Distribution Metrics 8853
74 Distribution Planning 23996
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14972
76 Double Marginalization 52355
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5331
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25945
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38058
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49153
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7470
84 Efficient Frontier 25147
85 Engineer-to-Order 31422
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16103
87 Erlang B Formula 9173
88 ETD 8162
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13249
91 Exponential smoothing 9684
92 External Growth 9886
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9758
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8549
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26693
99 Flow Through Distribution 12132
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8007
101 FOB Destination 12808
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7392
105 Gantt Chart 8171
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11528
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29306
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23170
110 Idle Time 7928
111 Import/Export License 8560
112 In Bond Shipment 13715
113 Inbound Logistics 13333
114 Interstate System 10837
115 Inventory Costs 53052
116 Inventory in Transit 16217
117 Inventory Management 54144
118 Inventory Planning System 9652
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22063
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41816
 
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