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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) 23101
22 Average Speed of Answer 26638
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23304
24 Batch Production 38638
25 Bill Discounting 14669
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11351
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7231
28 Blanket Release 10116
29 Bonded Warehouse 10147
30 Booking Number 13950
31 Bottleneck 9644
32 Buffer Stock 59555
33 Build to Stock 13107
34 Bullwhip Effect 9791
35 Business Logistics 25950
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12657
37 Capacity Management 40938
38 Capacity Utilization 14228
39 Capital Intensive 8534
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8879
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12234
42 Certified Supplier 9036
43 Channel Effectiveness 9012
44 Co-Destiny 9392
45 Co-managed Inventory 12664
46 Co-Packers 11867
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6973
48 Computer-Based Training 7765
49 Consular Invoice 19952
50 Container Depot 10687
51 Container Freight Station 10340
52 Continuous Replenishment 19663
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12172
54 Contract Carrier 7369
55 Contract of Affreightment 11500
56 Control Charts 8033
57 Cost Flow 10368
58 Courier Service 15362
59 CPFR 8304
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11898
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44396
62 Date Code 18421
63 Days of Supply 19962
64 Dead on Arrival 9443
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7385
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8207
67 Detective Control 9000
68 Devanning 14308
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11064
70 Dispatching 24715
71 Distributed Inventory 8437
72 Distribution Channel Management 35034
73 Distribution Metrics 9260
74 Distribution Planning 24323
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15358
76 Double Marginalization 52937
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22505
78 Dual 5496
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20722
80 Echelon Inventory 26340
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38383
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50035
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7695
84 Efficient Frontier 25646
85 Engineer-to-Order 31906
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16699
87 Erlang B Formula 9429
88 ETD 8408
89 Ex Works 7899
90 Exception Rate 13617
91 Exponential smoothing 9904
92 External Growth 10181
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9607
94 Field Services 7798
95 Field Warehouse 10818
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8905
97 Fishbone Diagram 14707
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27239
99 Flow Through Distribution 12421
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8277
101 FOB Destination 13159
102 Forward buying 30351
103 Freight Charge 10493
104 Freight Consolidation 7602
105 Gantt Chart 8354
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11845
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29713
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12788
109 Hub 23573
110 Idle Time 8148
111 Import/Export License 8814
112 In Bond Shipment 14084
113 Inbound Logistics 13698
114 Interstate System 11098
115 Inventory Costs 53976
116 Inventory in Transit 16664
117 Inventory Management 55115
118 Inventory Planning System 9950
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22435
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43211
 
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