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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) 22845
22 Average Speed of Answer 26483
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22931
24 Batch Production 38043
25 Bill Discounting 14361
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11070
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7055
28 Blanket Release 9909
29 Bonded Warehouse 9981
30 Booking Number 13640
31 Bottleneck 9391
32 Buffer Stock 58867
33 Build to Stock 12842
34 Bullwhip Effect 9455
35 Business Logistics 25425
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12465
37 Capacity Management 40128
38 Capacity Utilization 13962
39 Capital Intensive 8282
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8594
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12013
42 Certified Supplier 8902
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9189
45 Co-managed Inventory 12359
46 Co-Packers 11673
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7611
49 Consular Invoice 19580
50 Container Depot 10520
51 Container Freight Station 10214
52 Continuous Replenishment 19364
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11972
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11320
56 Control Charts 7883
57 Cost Flow 10181
58 Courier Service 15095
59 CPFR 8135
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11688
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43868
62 Date Code 18056
63 Days of Supply 19693
64 Dead on Arrival 9113
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7220
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8007
67 Detective Control 8820
68 Devanning 14129
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10764
70 Dispatching 24209
71 Distributed Inventory 8276
72 Distribution Channel Management 34485
73 Distribution Metrics 8965
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15078
76 Double Marginalization 52477
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22173
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20485
80 Echelon Inventory 26040
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38146
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49384
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7531
84 Efficient Frontier 25289
85 Engineer-to-Order 31564
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16251
87 Erlang B Formula 9254
88 ETD 8241
89 Ex Works 7771
90 Exception Rate 13352
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9963
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9341
94 Field Services 7679
95 Field Warehouse 9956
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14506
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26834
99 Flow Through Distribution 12208
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8077
101 FOB Destination 12919
102 Forward buying 29933
103 Freight Charge 10237
104 Freight Consolidation 7448
105 Gantt Chart 8220
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11618
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29416
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12579
109 Hub 23275
110 Idle Time 7982
111 Import/Export License 8624
112 In Bond Shipment 13798
113 Inbound Logistics 13447
114 Interstate System 10912
115 Inventory Costs 53291
116 Inventory in Transit 16310
117 Inventory Management 54429
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22160
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42209
 
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