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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) 22564
22 Average Speed of Answer 26305
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22489
24 Batch Production 37409
25 Bill Discounting 13993
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10717
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6852
28 Blanket Release 9691
29 Bonded Warehouse 9781
30 Booking Number 13298
31 Bottleneck 9115
32 Buffer Stock 58043
33 Build to Stock 12630
34 Bullwhip Effect 9199
35 Business Logistics 24924
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12261
37 Capacity Management 39198
38 Capacity Utilization 13668
39 Capital Intensive 8014
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8269
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11754
42 Certified Supplier 8770
43 Channel Effectiveness 8721
44 Co-Destiny 8986
45 Co-managed Inventory 12120
46 Co-Packers 11500
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6547
48 Computer-Based Training 7447
49 Consular Invoice 19206
50 Container Depot 10292
51 Container Freight Station 10079
52 Continuous Replenishment 19121
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11748
54 Contract Carrier 7169
55 Contract of Affreightment 11140
56 Control Charts 7703
57 Cost Flow 10011
58 Courier Service 14739
59 CPFR 7941
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11463
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43084
62 Date Code 17632
63 Days of Supply 19370
64 Dead on Arrival 8848
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7041
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7797
67 Detective Control 8654
68 Devanning 13939
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10535
70 Dispatching 23476
71 Distributed Inventory 8127
72 Distribution Channel Management 33869
73 Distribution Metrics 8625
74 Distribution Planning 23822
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14766
76 Double Marginalization 52058
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21930
78 Dual 5213
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20261
80 Echelon Inventory 25795
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37879
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48640
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7362
84 Efficient Frontier 24848
85 Engineer-to-Order 31151
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15817
87 Erlang B Formula 9030
88 ETD 8040
89 Ex Works 7638
90 Exception Rate 13065
91 Exponential smoothing 9566
92 External Growth 9766
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7554
95 Field Warehouse 9628
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8348
97 Fishbone Diagram 14240
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26426
99 Flow Through Distribution 11985
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7866
101 FOB Destination 12607
102 Forward buying 29626
103 Freight Charge 10049
104 Freight Consolidation 7269
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11340
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29040
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12380
109 Hub 22959
110 Idle Time 7817
111 Import/Export License 8418
112 In Bond Shipment 13532
113 Inbound Logistics 13145
114 Interstate System 10746
115 Inventory Costs 52510
116 Inventory in Transit 16021
117 Inventory Management 53653
118 Inventory Planning System 9533
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21818
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41030
 
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