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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) 22925
22 Average Speed of Answer 26529
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23052
24 Batch Production 38266
25 Bill Discounting 14470
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11161
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7113
28 Blanket Release 9972
29 Bonded Warehouse 10033
30 Booking Number 13727
31 Bottleneck 9463
32 Buffer Stock 59128
33 Build to Stock 12892
34 Bullwhip Effect 9542
35 Business Logistics 25571
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12533
37 Capacity Management 40365
38 Capacity Utilization 14056
39 Capital Intensive 8365
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8682
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12085
42 Certified Supplier 8943
43 Channel Effectiveness 8897
44 Co-Destiny 9256
45 Co-managed Inventory 12427
46 Co-Packers 11729
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6826
48 Computer-Based Training 7663
49 Consular Invoice 19699
50 Container Depot 10575
51 Container Freight Station 10252
52 Continuous Replenishment 19425
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12037
54 Contract Carrier 7302
55 Contract of Affreightment 11377
56 Control Charts 7929
57 Cost Flow 10230
58 Courier Service 15180
59 CPFR 8182
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11754
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44050
62 Date Code 18159
63 Days of Supply 19780
64 Dead on Arrival 9195
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7274
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8878
68 Devanning 14179
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10829
70 Dispatching 24406
71 Distributed Inventory 8317
72 Distribution Channel Management 34640
73 Distribution Metrics 9061
74 Distribution Planning 24154
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15163
76 Double Marginalization 52590
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22244
78 Dual 5418
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20564
80 Echelon Inventory 26145
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38214
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49586
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7579
84 Efficient Frontier 25406
85 Engineer-to-Order 31675
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16363
87 Erlang B Formula 9313
88 ETD 8297
89 Ex Works 7808
90 Exception Rate 13436
91 Exponential smoothing 9796
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9394
94 Field Services 7719
95 Field Warehouse 10318
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8717
97 Fishbone Diagram 14567
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26952
99 Flow Through Distribution 12274
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8135
101 FOB Destination 12981
102 Forward buying 30025
103 Freight Charge 10290
104 Freight Consolidation 7494
105 Gantt Chart 8264
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11688
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29522
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12642
109 Hub 23366
110 Idle Time 8034
111 Import/Export License 8679
112 In Bond Shipment 13892
113 Inbound Logistics 13539
114 Interstate System 10966
115 Inventory Costs 53481
116 Inventory in Transit 16396
117 Inventory Management 54608
118 Inventory Planning System 9749
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22245
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42523
 
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