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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) 23126
22 Average Speed of Answer 26657
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23338
24 Batch Production 38688
25 Bill Discounting 14689
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11365
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7242
28 Blanket Release 10134
29 Bonded Warehouse 10161
30 Booking Number 13981
31 Bottleneck 9672
32 Buffer Stock 59596
33 Build to Stock 13120
34 Bullwhip Effect 9810
35 Business Logistics 25986
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12676
37 Capacity Management 41003
38 Capacity Utilization 14248
39 Capital Intensive 8555
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8899
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12255
42 Certified Supplier 9046
43 Channel Effectiveness 9028
44 Co-Destiny 9408
45 Co-managed Inventory 12684
46 Co-Packers 11883
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6985
48 Computer-Based Training 7779
49 Consular Invoice 19974
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10355
52 Continuous Replenishment 19683
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12187
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11519
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10382
58 Courier Service 15383
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44442
62 Date Code 18471
63 Days of Supply 19980
64 Dead on Arrival 9463
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7402
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8229
67 Detective Control 9017
68 Devanning 14325
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11083
70 Dispatching 24748
71 Distributed Inventory 8453
72 Distribution Channel Management 35073
73 Distribution Metrics 9282
74 Distribution Planning 24349
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15383
76 Double Marginalization 52968
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22529
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20737
80 Echelon Inventory 26371
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38404
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50079
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7715
84 Efficient Frontier 25677
85 Engineer-to-Order 31932
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16730
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8421
89 Ex Works 7914
90 Exception Rate 13641
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9623
94 Field Services 7809
95 Field Warehouse 10886
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8933
97 Fishbone Diagram 14729
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27274
99 Flow Through Distribution 12440
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8296
101 FOB Destination 13175
102 Forward buying 30371
103 Freight Charge 10501
104 Freight Consolidation 7609
105 Gantt Chart 8364
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11869
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29733
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12803
109 Hub 23589
110 Idle Time 8158
111 Import/Export License 8825
112 In Bond Shipment 14093
113 Inbound Logistics 13713
114 Interstate System 11109
115 Inventory Costs 54014
116 Inventory in Transit 16685
117 Inventory Management 55165
118 Inventory Planning System 9963
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22464
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43272
 
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