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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) 22576
22 Average Speed of Answer 26307
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22507
24 Batch Production 37427
25 Bill Discounting 13999
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10724
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6860
28 Blanket Release 9695
29 Bonded Warehouse 9786
30 Booking Number 13312
31 Bottleneck 9125
32 Buffer Stock 58075
33 Build to Stock 12639
34 Bullwhip Effect 9204
35 Business Logistics 24943
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12269
37 Capacity Management 39225
38 Capacity Utilization 13671
39 Capital Intensive 8024
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8280
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11765
42 Certified Supplier 8772
43 Channel Effectiveness 8727
44 Co-Destiny 8991
45 Co-managed Inventory 12125
46 Co-Packers 11503
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6554
48 Computer-Based Training 7450
49 Consular Invoice 19215
50 Container Depot 10298
51 Container Freight Station 10082
52 Continuous Replenishment 19131
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11754
54 Contract Carrier 7173
55 Contract of Affreightment 11142
56 Control Charts 7709
57 Cost Flow 10017
58 Courier Service 14748
59 CPFR 7945
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11471
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43122
62 Date Code 17644
63 Days of Supply 19376
64 Dead on Arrival 8856
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7042
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7804
67 Detective Control 8660
68 Devanning 13942
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10540
70 Dispatching 23496
71 Distributed Inventory 8134
72 Distribution Channel Management 33897
73 Distribution Metrics 8640
74 Distribution Planning 23829
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14781
76 Double Marginalization 52078
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21937
78 Dual 5219
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20263
80 Echelon Inventory 25802
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37888
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48669
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7368
84 Efficient Frontier 24866
85 Engineer-to-Order 31170
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15831
87 Erlang B Formula 9036
88 ETD 8048
89 Ex Works 7644
90 Exception Rate 13076
91 Exponential smoothing 9571
92 External Growth 9775
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9165
94 Field Services 7561
95 Field Warehouse 9633
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8358
97 Fishbone Diagram 14249
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26436
99 Flow Through Distribution 11987
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7875
101 FOB Destination 12619
102 Forward buying 29641
103 Freight Charge 10056
104 Freight Consolidation 7272
105 Gantt Chart 8081
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11347
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29061
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12386
109 Hub 22971
110 Idle Time 7822
111 Import/Export License 8428
112 In Bond Shipment 13547
113 Inbound Logistics 13151
114 Interstate System 10749
115 Inventory Costs 52543
116 Inventory in Transit 16024
117 Inventory Management 53678
118 Inventory Planning System 9538
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21823
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41083
 
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