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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) 22616
22 Average Speed of Answer 26335
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22593
24 Batch Production 37554
25 Bill Discounting 14080
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10781
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6890
28 Blanket Release 9732
29 Bonded Warehouse 9828
30 Booking Number 13375
31 Bottleneck 9186
32 Buffer Stock 58242
33 Build to Stock 12690
34 Bullwhip Effect 9257
35 Business Logistics 25046
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12295
37 Capacity Management 39444
38 Capacity Utilization 13737
39 Capital Intensive 8072
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8341
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11813
42 Certified Supplier 8795
43 Channel Effectiveness 8759
44 Co-Destiny 9025
45 Co-managed Inventory 12173
46 Co-Packers 11532
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6593
48 Computer-Based Training 7475
49 Consular Invoice 19295
50 Container Depot 10337
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19172
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11799
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11172
56 Control Charts 7739
57 Cost Flow 10048
58 Courier Service 14829
59 CPFR 7986
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11515
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43286
62 Date Code 17716
63 Days of Supply 19449
64 Dead on Arrival 8917
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7071
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7842
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13975
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10582
70 Dispatching 23611
71 Distributed Inventory 8157
72 Distribution Channel Management 34024
73 Distribution Metrics 8698
74 Distribution Planning 23892
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14833
76 Double Marginalization 52168
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21981
78 Dual 5252
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20290
80 Echelon Inventory 25850
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37941
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48825
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7397
84 Efficient Frontier 24947
85 Engineer-to-Order 31243
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15929
87 Erlang B Formula 9085
88 ETD 8075
89 Ex Works 7665
90 Exception Rate 13128
91 Exponential smoothing 9599
92 External Growth 9813
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9196
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9675
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8413
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26501
99 Flow Through Distribution 12034
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7913
101 FOB Destination 12670
102 Forward buying 29701
103 Freight Charge 10088
104 Freight Consolidation 7312
105 Gantt Chart 8107
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11401
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29156
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12417
109 Hub 23038
110 Idle Time 7858
111 Import/Export License 8469
112 In Bond Shipment 13604
113 Inbound Logistics 13201
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52720
116 Inventory in Transit 16082
117 Inventory Management 53813
118 Inventory Planning System 9571
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21902
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41329
 
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