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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) 23090
22 Average Speed of Answer 26633
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23295
24 Batch Production 38614
25 Bill Discounting 14658
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11341
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7227
28 Blanket Release 10107
29 Bonded Warehouse 10142
30 Booking Number 13930
31 Bottleneck 9635
32 Buffer Stock 59532
33 Build to Stock 13102
34 Bullwhip Effect 9777
35 Business Logistics 25926
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12650
37 Capacity Management 40896
38 Capacity Utilization 14217
39 Capital Intensive 8525
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8865
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12225
42 Certified Supplier 9031
43 Channel Effectiveness 9007
44 Co-Destiny 9385
45 Co-managed Inventory 12654
46 Co-Packers 11861
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6964
48 Computer-Based Training 7760
49 Consular Invoice 19942
50 Container Depot 10679
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19656
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12163
54 Contract Carrier 7365
55 Contract of Affreightment 11493
56 Control Charts 8029
57 Cost Flow 10363
58 Courier Service 15355
59 CPFR 8295
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11890
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44373
62 Date Code 18392
63 Days of Supply 19950
64 Dead on Arrival 9431
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7382
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8203
67 Detective Control 8991
68 Devanning 14300
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11057
70 Dispatching 24697
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35013
73 Distribution Metrics 9251
74 Distribution Planning 24312
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15342
76 Double Marginalization 52912
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22496
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20716
80 Echelon Inventory 26323
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38372
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50005
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7691
84 Efficient Frontier 25634
85 Engineer-to-Order 31891
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16681
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8400
89 Ex Works 7893
90 Exception Rate 13607
91 Exponential smoothing 9898
92 External Growth 10174
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9600
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10784
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8895
97 Fishbone Diagram 14701
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27224
99 Flow Through Distribution 12413
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8270
101 FOB Destination 13152
102 Forward buying 30341
103 Freight Charge 10487
104 Freight Consolidation 7595
105 Gantt Chart 8350
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11835
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29706
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12777
109 Hub 23562
110 Idle Time 8140
111 Import/Export License 8809
112 In Bond Shipment 14075
113 Inbound Logistics 13691
114 Interstate System 11092
115 Inventory Costs 53948
116 Inventory in Transit 16647
117 Inventory Management 55084
118 Inventory Planning System 9946
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22419
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43179
 
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