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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) 22617
22 Average Speed of Answer 26336
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22595
24 Batch Production 37558
25 Bill Discounting 14081
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10781
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6890
28 Blanket Release 9732
29 Bonded Warehouse 9829
30 Booking Number 13378
31 Bottleneck 9187
32 Buffer Stock 58247
33 Build to Stock 12691
34 Bullwhip Effect 9258
35 Business Logistics 25050
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12295
37 Capacity Management 39447
38 Capacity Utilization 13739
39 Capital Intensive 8073
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8344
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11816
42 Certified Supplier 8795
43 Channel Effectiveness 8759
44 Co-Destiny 9026
45 Co-managed Inventory 12175
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6595
48 Computer-Based Training 7476
49 Consular Invoice 19298
50 Container Depot 10337
51 Container Freight Station 10108
52 Continuous Replenishment 19172
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11801
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11173
56 Control Charts 7739
57 Cost Flow 10049
58 Courier Service 14830
59 CPFR 7988
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11515
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43288
62 Date Code 17719
63 Days of Supply 19450
64 Dead on Arrival 8917
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7072
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7843
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13976
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10582
70 Dispatching 23612
71 Distributed Inventory 8159
72 Distribution Channel Management 34025
73 Distribution Metrics 8699
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14836
76 Double Marginalization 52168
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21982
78 Dual 5253
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20291
80 Echelon Inventory 25851
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37944
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48830
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7397
84 Efficient Frontier 24948
85 Engineer-to-Order 31246
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15931
87 Erlang B Formula 9086
88 ETD 8075
89 Ex Works 7665
90 Exception Rate 13133
91 Exponential smoothing 9601
92 External Growth 9813
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9197
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9676
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8416
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26503
99 Flow Through Distribution 12035
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7913
101 FOB Destination 12671
102 Forward buying 29702
103 Freight Charge 10089
104 Freight Consolidation 7312
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11401
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29157
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12419
109 Hub 23041
110 Idle Time 7858
111 Import/Export License 8470
112 In Bond Shipment 13605
113 Inbound Logistics 13203
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52721
116 Inventory in Transit 16084
117 Inventory Management 53818
118 Inventory Planning System 9572
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21903
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41335
 
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