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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) 23129
22 Average Speed of Answer 26661
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23345
24 Batch Production 38698
25 Bill Discounting 14691
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11372
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7247
28 Blanket Release 10136
29 Bonded Warehouse 10165
30 Booking Number 13987
31 Bottleneck 9673
32 Buffer Stock 59603
33 Build to Stock 13126
34 Bullwhip Effect 9816
35 Business Logistics 25993
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12682
37 Capacity Management 41019
38 Capacity Utilization 14259
39 Capital Intensive 8557
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8904
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12259
42 Certified Supplier 9047
43 Channel Effectiveness 9030
44 Co-Destiny 9409
45 Co-managed Inventory 12693
46 Co-Packers 11886
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6987
48 Computer-Based Training 7781
49 Consular Invoice 19975
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19689
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12190
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11521
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10386
58 Courier Service 15384
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44453
62 Date Code 18478
63 Days of Supply 19984
64 Dead on Arrival 9467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7403
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8230
67 Detective Control 9018
68 Devanning 14325
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11086
70 Dispatching 24754
71 Distributed Inventory 8454
72 Distribution Channel Management 35082
73 Distribution Metrics 9286
74 Distribution Planning 24352
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15388
76 Double Marginalization 52972
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22533
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20739
80 Echelon Inventory 26378
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38409
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50092
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7717
84 Efficient Frontier 25683
85 Engineer-to-Order 31938
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16744
87 Erlang B Formula 9449
88 ETD 8424
89 Ex Works 7917
90 Exception Rate 13645
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10201
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9628
94 Field Services 7811
95 Field Warehouse 10894
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8939
97 Fishbone Diagram 14732
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27280
99 Flow Through Distribution 12445
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8300
101 FOB Destination 13179
102 Forward buying 30376
103 Freight Charge 10506
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11873
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29738
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12803
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8159
111 Import/Export License 8827
112 In Bond Shipment 14097
113 Inbound Logistics 13716
114 Interstate System 11110
115 Inventory Costs 54022
116 Inventory in Transit 16689
117 Inventory Management 55181
118 Inventory Planning System 9966
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22472
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43284
 
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