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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) 22728
22 Average Speed of Answer 26412
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22783
24 Batch Production 37810
25 Bill Discounting 14223
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10919
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6971
28 Blanket Release 9817
29 Bonded Warehouse 9907
30 Booking Number 13497
31 Bottleneck 9301
32 Buffer Stock 58583
33 Build to Stock 12769
34 Bullwhip Effect 9361
35 Business Logistics 25243
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12379
37 Capacity Management 39831
38 Capacity Utilization 13860
39 Capital Intensive 8184
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8473
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11922
42 Certified Supplier 8850
43 Channel Effectiveness 8808
44 Co-Destiny 9098
45 Co-managed Inventory 12272
46 Co-Packers 11599
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6682
48 Computer-Based Training 7545
49 Consular Invoice 19434
50 Container Depot 10431
51 Container Freight Station 10162
52 Continuous Replenishment 19274
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11893
54 Contract Carrier 7226
55 Contract of Affreightment 11253
56 Control Charts 7810
57 Cost Flow 10122
58 Courier Service 14982
59 CPFR 8065
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11601
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43626
62 Date Code 17889
63 Days of Supply 19584
64 Dead on Arrival 9024
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7139
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7926
67 Detective Control 8747
68 Devanning 14059
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10676
70 Dispatching 23917
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34265
73 Distribution Metrics 8838
74 Distribution Planning 23986
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14962
76 Double Marginalization 52343
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22081
78 Dual 5323
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20389
80 Echelon Inventory 25937
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38046
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49139
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25127
85 Engineer-to-Order 31406
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16089
87 Erlang B Formula 9166
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7718
90 Exception Rate 13241
91 Exponential smoothing 9674
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9267
94 Field Services 7629
95 Field Warehouse 9751
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8541
97 Fishbone Diagram 14410
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26680
99 Flow Through Distribution 12122
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8000
101 FOB Destination 12800
102 Forward buying 29832
103 Freight Charge 10163
104 Freight Consolidation 7386
105 Gantt Chart 8165
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11519
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29291
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12496
109 Hub 23162
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8555
112 In Bond Shipment 13710
113 Inbound Logistics 13322
114 Interstate System 10830
115 Inventory Costs 53031
116 Inventory in Transit 16207
117 Inventory Management 54116
118 Inventory Planning System 9646
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22052
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41778
 
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