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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) 22654
22 Average Speed of Answer 26357
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22651
24 Batch Production 37636
25 Bill Discounting 14128
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10815
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6916
28 Blanket Release 9754
29 Bonded Warehouse 9850
30 Booking Number 13412
31 Bottleneck 9228
32 Buffer Stock 58328
33 Build to Stock 12715
34 Bullwhip Effect 9286
35 Business Logistics 25104
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12324
37 Capacity Management 39558
38 Capacity Utilization 13779
39 Capital Intensive 8100
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8383
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11846
42 Certified Supplier 8810
43 Channel Effectiveness 8775
44 Co-Destiny 9045
45 Co-managed Inventory 12207
46 Co-Packers 11554
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6619
48 Computer-Based Training 7497
49 Consular Invoice 19337
50 Container Depot 10364
51 Container Freight Station 10128
52 Continuous Replenishment 19204
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11825
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11191
56 Control Charts 7762
57 Cost Flow 10070
58 Courier Service 14880
59 CPFR 8011
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11538
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43377
62 Date Code 17761
63 Days of Supply 19495
64 Dead on Arrival 8944
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7089
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7873
67 Detective Control 8698
68 Devanning 13999
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10610
70 Dispatching 23680
71 Distributed Inventory 8174
72 Distribution Channel Management 34095
73 Distribution Metrics 8736
74 Distribution Planning 23919
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14871
76 Double Marginalization 52237
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22008
78 Dual 5278
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20313
80 Echelon Inventory 25877
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37971
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48917
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7420
84 Efficient Frontier 25001
85 Engineer-to-Order 31282
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15979
87 Erlang B Formula 9112
88 ETD 8099
89 Ex Works 7679
90 Exception Rate 13164
91 Exponential smoothing 9623
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7590
95 Field Warehouse 9700
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8455
97 Fishbone Diagram 14320
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26555
99 Flow Through Distribution 12063
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7941
101 FOB Destination 12699
102 Forward buying 29743
103 Freight Charge 10111
104 Freight Consolidation 7339
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11443
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29207
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12441
109 Hub 23073
110 Idle Time 7875
111 Import/Export License 8496
112 In Bond Shipment 13631
113 Inbound Logistics 13236
114 Interstate System 10787
115 Inventory Costs 52805
116 Inventory in Transit 16118
117 Inventory Management 53905
118 Inventory Planning System 9597
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21951
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41474
 
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