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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) 22605
22 Average Speed of Answer 26324
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22571
24 Batch Production 37513
25 Bill Discounting 14050
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10764
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6880
28 Blanket Release 9721
29 Bonded Warehouse 9812
30 Booking Number 13359
31 Bottleneck 9160
32 Buffer Stock 58195
33 Build to Stock 12677
34 Bullwhip Effect 9235
35 Business Logistics 25022
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12287
37 Capacity Management 39390
38 Capacity Utilization 13717
39 Capital Intensive 8054
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8323
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11800
42 Certified Supplier 8785
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9012
45 Co-managed Inventory 12156
46 Co-Packers 11523
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6584
48 Computer-Based Training 7468
49 Consular Invoice 19273
50 Container Depot 10322
51 Container Freight Station 10101
52 Continuous Replenishment 19160
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11783
54 Contract Carrier 7184
55 Contract of Affreightment 11161
56 Control Charts 7728
57 Cost Flow 10037
58 Courier Service 14799
59 CPFR 7975
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11501
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43242
62 Date Code 17698
63 Days of Supply 19429
64 Dead on Arrival 8897
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7059
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7827
67 Detective Control 8675
68 Devanning 13961
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10568
70 Dispatching 23572
71 Distributed Inventory 8151
72 Distribution Channel Management 33989
73 Distribution Metrics 8677
74 Distribution Planning 23870
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14818
76 Double Marginalization 52140
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21965
78 Dual 5238
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20279
80 Echelon Inventory 25835
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37926
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48785
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7389
84 Efficient Frontier 24923
85 Engineer-to-Order 31216
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15899
87 Erlang B Formula 9062
88 ETD 8066
89 Ex Works 7659
90 Exception Rate 13110
91 Exponential smoothing 9591
92 External Growth 9806
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9664
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8397
97 Fishbone Diagram 14284
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26485
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7900
101 FOB Destination 12656
102 Forward buying 29682
103 Freight Charge 10079
104 Freight Consolidation 7299
105 Gantt Chart 8099
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11381
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29137
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23014
110 Idle Time 7849
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13585
113 Inbound Logistics 13184
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52681
116 Inventory in Transit 16064
117 Inventory Management 53775
118 Inventory Planning System 9558
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21879
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41270
 
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