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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) 22837
22 Average Speed of Answer 26475
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22927
24 Batch Production 38024
25 Bill Discounting 14353
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11062
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7048
28 Blanket Release 9901
29 Bonded Warehouse 9976
30 Booking Number 13631
31 Bottleneck 9385
32 Buffer Stock 58839
33 Build to Stock 12838
34 Bullwhip Effect 9451
35 Business Logistics 25414
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12458
37 Capacity Management 40107
38 Capacity Utilization 13958
39 Capital Intensive 8276
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8584
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12005
42 Certified Supplier 8899
43 Channel Effectiveness 8854
44 Co-Destiny 9182
45 Co-managed Inventory 12355
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6764
48 Computer-Based Training 7608
49 Consular Invoice 19566
50 Container Depot 10515
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19357
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11964
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7877
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15087
59 CPFR 8124
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11681
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43850
62 Date Code 18050
63 Days of Supply 19688
64 Dead on Arrival 9105
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8815
68 Devanning 14121
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24192
71 Distributed Inventory 8269
72 Distribution Channel Management 34465
73 Distribution Metrics 8956
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15070
76 Double Marginalization 52463
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22167
78 Dual 5374
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20477
80 Echelon Inventory 26034
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38139
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49361
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7526
84 Efficient Frontier 25281
85 Engineer-to-Order 31553
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16238
87 Erlang B Formula 9248
88 ETD 8235
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9916
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8640
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26826
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8069
101 FOB Destination 12907
102 Forward buying 29922
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7444
105 Gantt Chart 8214
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11608
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29406
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12575
109 Hub 23270
110 Idle Time 7978
111 Import/Export License 8620
112 In Bond Shipment 13789
113 Inbound Logistics 13437
114 Interstate System 10906
115 Inventory Costs 53270
116 Inventory in Transit 16305
117 Inventory Management 54408
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22153
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42181
 
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