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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) 23133
22 Average Speed of Answer 26665
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23357
24 Batch Production 38719
25 Bill Discounting 14698
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11382
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7252
28 Blanket Release 10139
29 Bonded Warehouse 10170
30 Booking Number 14000
31 Bottleneck 9678
32 Buffer Stock 59622
33 Build to Stock 13130
34 Bullwhip Effect 9820
35 Business Logistics 26003
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41046
38 Capacity Utilization 14268
39 Capital Intensive 8561
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8914
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12264
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9033
44 Co-Destiny 9416
45 Co-managed Inventory 12698
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6995
48 Computer-Based Training 7782
49 Consular Invoice 19989
50 Container Depot 10709
51 Container Freight Station 10361
52 Continuous Replenishment 19694
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12195
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11529
56 Control Charts 8048
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15389
59 CPFR 8322
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11916
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44478
62 Date Code 18500
63 Days of Supply 19993
64 Dead on Arrival 9473
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7407
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8236
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14327
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11091
70 Dispatching 24770
71 Distributed Inventory 8456
72 Distribution Channel Management 35095
73 Distribution Metrics 9294
74 Distribution Planning 24357
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15393
76 Double Marginalization 52982
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22539
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26396
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38421
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50113
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25696
85 Engineer-to-Order 31947
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16759
87 Erlang B Formula 9458
88 ETD 8428
89 Ex Works 7921
90 Exception Rate 13652
91 Exponential smoothing 9925
92 External Growth 10205
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9631
94 Field Services 7815
95 Field Warehouse 10914
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8946
97 Fishbone Diagram 14740
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12452
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8306
101 FOB Destination 13195
102 Forward buying 30389
103 Freight Charge 10510
104 Freight Consolidation 7615
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11884
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29746
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12814
109 Hub 23596
110 Idle Time 8164
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14105
113 Inbound Logistics 13726
114 Interstate System 11115
115 Inventory Costs 54035
116 Inventory in Transit 16697
117 Inventory Management 55199
118 Inventory Planning System 9971
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22481
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43323
 
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