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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) 23123
22 Average Speed of Answer 26654
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23336
24 Batch Production 38681
25 Bill Discounting 14687
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11364
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7240
28 Blanket Release 10131
29 Bonded Warehouse 10160
30 Booking Number 13978
31 Bottleneck 9668
32 Buffer Stock 59589
33 Build to Stock 13118
34 Bullwhip Effect 9808
35 Business Logistics 25983
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12674
37 Capacity Management 40989
38 Capacity Utilization 14244
39 Capital Intensive 8551
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8897
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12253
42 Certified Supplier 9044
43 Channel Effectiveness 9026
44 Co-Destiny 9405
45 Co-managed Inventory 12681
46 Co-Packers 11879
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6984
48 Computer-Based Training 7777
49 Consular Invoice 19971
50 Container Depot 10700
51 Container Freight Station 10353
52 Continuous Replenishment 19682
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12186
54 Contract Carrier 7378
55 Contract of Affreightment 11515
56 Control Charts 8045
57 Cost Flow 10381
58 Courier Service 15380
59 CPFR 8317
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11911
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44434
62 Date Code 18468
63 Days of Supply 19980
64 Dead on Arrival 9461
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7400
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8225
67 Detective Control 9015
68 Devanning 14323
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11081
70 Dispatching 24741
71 Distributed Inventory 8452
72 Distribution Channel Management 35068
73 Distribution Metrics 9280
74 Distribution Planning 24346
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15377
76 Double Marginalization 52965
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22526
78 Dual 5506
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20736
80 Echelon Inventory 26366
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38403
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50073
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7713
84 Efficient Frontier 25675
85 Engineer-to-Order 31928
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16728
87 Erlang B Formula 9445
88 ETD 8420
89 Ex Works 7913
90 Exception Rate 13640
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10198
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9622
94 Field Services 7808
95 Field Warehouse 10880
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8929
97 Fishbone Diagram 14728
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27272
99 Flow Through Distribution 12436
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8293
101 FOB Destination 13172
102 Forward buying 30368
103 Freight Charge 10501
104 Freight Consolidation 7607
105 Gantt Chart 8360
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11867
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29729
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12802
109 Hub 23588
110 Idle Time 8158
111 Import/Export License 8822
112 In Bond Shipment 14092
113 Inbound Logistics 13712
114 Interstate System 11109
115 Inventory Costs 54009
116 Inventory in Transit 16682
117 Inventory Management 55160
118 Inventory Planning System 9962
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22461
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43266
 
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