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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) 22568
22 Average Speed of Answer 26305
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22494
24 Batch Production 37414
25 Bill Discounting 13994
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10719
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6854
28 Blanket Release 9695
29 Bonded Warehouse 9782
30 Booking Number 13301
31 Bottleneck 9117
32 Buffer Stock 58052
33 Build to Stock 12633
34 Bullwhip Effect 9199
35 Business Logistics 24929
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12261
37 Capacity Management 39205
38 Capacity Utilization 13669
39 Capital Intensive 8016
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8271
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11756
42 Certified Supplier 8771
43 Channel Effectiveness 8723
44 Co-Destiny 8988
45 Co-managed Inventory 12123
46 Co-Packers 11501
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6549
48 Computer-Based Training 7447
49 Consular Invoice 19208
50 Container Depot 10294
51 Container Freight Station 10079
52 Continuous Replenishment 19122
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11750
54 Contract Carrier 7172
55 Contract of Affreightment 11141
56 Control Charts 7704
57 Cost Flow 10013
58 Courier Service 14741
59 CPFR 7941
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11465
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43089
62 Date Code 17636
63 Days of Supply 19371
64 Dead on Arrival 8849
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7041
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7799
67 Detective Control 8656
68 Devanning 13940
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10536
70 Dispatching 23482
71 Distributed Inventory 8129
72 Distribution Channel Management 33873
73 Distribution Metrics 8627
74 Distribution Planning 23825
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14768
76 Double Marginalization 52061
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21930
78 Dual 5214
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20262
80 Echelon Inventory 25796
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37882
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48647
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7363
84 Efficient Frontier 24849
85 Engineer-to-Order 31157
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15819
87 Erlang B Formula 9030
88 ETD 8041
89 Ex Works 7640
90 Exception Rate 13068
91 Exponential smoothing 9567
92 External Growth 9766
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7556
95 Field Warehouse 9630
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8351
97 Fishbone Diagram 14241
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26428
99 Flow Through Distribution 11986
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7868
101 FOB Destination 12608
102 Forward buying 29629
103 Freight Charge 10051
104 Freight Consolidation 7270
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11342
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29044
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12382
109 Hub 22961
110 Idle Time 7819
111 Import/Export License 8420
112 In Bond Shipment 13538
113 Inbound Logistics 13146
114 Interstate System 10747
115 Inventory Costs 52515
116 Inventory in Transit 16022
117 Inventory Management 53661
118 Inventory Planning System 9536
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21820
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41041
 
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