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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) 23346
24 Batch Production 38701
25 Bill Discounting 14691
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11373
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7247
28 Blanket Release 10136
29 Bonded Warehouse 10167
30 Booking Number 13989
31 Bottleneck 9673
32 Buffer Stock 59607
33 Build to Stock 13126
34 Bullwhip Effect 9816
35 Business Logistics 25994
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41023
38 Capacity Utilization 14259
39 Capital Intensive 8557
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8905
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12259
42 Certified Supplier 9047
43 Channel Effectiveness 9030
44 Co-Destiny 9410
45 Co-managed Inventory 12695
46 Co-Packers 11889
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6988
48 Computer-Based Training 7781
49 Consular Invoice 19975
50 Container Depot 10702
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19690
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12190
54 Contract Carrier 7383
55 Contract of Affreightment 11521
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10388
58 Courier Service 15384
59 CPFR 8319
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44458
62 Date Code 18482
63 Days of Supply 19985
64 Dead on Arrival 9467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7403
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8230
67 Detective Control 9018
68 Devanning 14326
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11086
70 Dispatching 24756
71 Distributed Inventory 8454
72 Distribution Channel Management 35085
73 Distribution Metrics 9288
74 Distribution Planning 24353
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15389
76 Double Marginalization 52973
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22536
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20739
80 Echelon Inventory 26379
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38410
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50094
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7719
84 Efficient Frontier 25684
85 Engineer-to-Order 31940
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16745
87 Erlang B Formula 9452
88 ETD 8424
89 Ex Works 7917
90 Exception Rate 13647
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10202
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9629
94 Field Services 7811
95 Field Warehouse 10898
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8939
97 Fishbone Diagram 14734
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27281
99 Flow Through Distribution 12445
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8300
101 FOB Destination 13180
102 Forward buying 30379
103 Freight Charge 10507
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11876
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29739
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12804
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8160
111 Import/Export License 8827
112 In Bond Shipment 14098
113 Inbound Logistics 13719
114 Interstate System 11110
115 Inventory Costs 54022
116 Inventory in Transit 16689
117 Inventory Management 55184
118 Inventory Planning System 9967
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22473
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43289
 
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