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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) 23162
22 Average Speed of Answer 26690
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23399
24 Batch Production 38782
25 Bill Discounting 14730
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11414
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7276
28 Blanket Release 10162
29 Bonded Warehouse 10195
30 Booking Number 14047
31 Bottleneck 9702
32 Buffer Stock 59672
33 Build to Stock 13149
34 Bullwhip Effect 9865
35 Business Logistics 26043
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12708
37 Capacity Management 41139
38 Capacity Utilization 14306
39 Capital Intensive 8585
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8945
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12293
42 Certified Supplier 9061
43 Channel Effectiveness 9054
44 Co-Destiny 9437
45 Co-managed Inventory 12728
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7016
48 Computer-Based Training 7803
49 Consular Invoice 20037
50 Container Depot 10732
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19722
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12211
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11550
56 Control Charts 8065
57 Cost Flow 10418
58 Courier Service 15416
59 CPFR 8340
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11948
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44553
62 Date Code 18539
63 Days of Supply 20018
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7430
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8257
67 Detective Control 9057
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11121
70 Dispatching 24819
71 Distributed Inventory 8472
72 Distribution Channel Management 35151
73 Distribution Metrics 9332
74 Distribution Planning 24387
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15419
76 Double Marginalization 53027
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22574
78 Dual 5535
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20767
80 Echelon Inventory 26451
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38458
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50189
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7737
84 Efficient Frontier 25738
85 Engineer-to-Order 31982
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16810
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8452
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13678
91 Exponential smoothing 9941
92 External Growth 10236
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9664
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11013
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8987
97 Fishbone Diagram 14767
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27344
99 Flow Through Distribution 12481
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8337
101 FOB Destination 13224
102 Forward buying 30425
103 Freight Charge 10526
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8384
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11921
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29773
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12843
109 Hub 23643
110 Idle Time 8189
111 Import/Export License 8852
112 In Bond Shipment 14135
113 Inbound Logistics 13757
114 Interstate System 11136
115 Inventory Costs 54101
116 Inventory in Transit 16741
117 Inventory Management 55283
118 Inventory Planning System 9997
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22516
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43445
 
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