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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) 22769
22 Average Speed of Answer 26442
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22848
24 Batch Production 37887
25 Bill Discounting 14283
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10983
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6998
28 Blanket Release 9851
29 Bonded Warehouse 9939
30 Booking Number 13558
31 Bottleneck 9337
32 Buffer Stock 58671
33 Build to Stock 12801
34 Bullwhip Effect 9402
35 Business Logistics 25316
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12408
37 Capacity Management 39951
38 Capacity Utilization 13902
39 Capital Intensive 8217
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8522
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11953
42 Certified Supplier 8870
43 Channel Effectiveness 8829
44 Co-Destiny 9134
45 Co-managed Inventory 12303
46 Co-Packers 11628
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6722
48 Computer-Based Training 7570
49 Consular Invoice 19494
50 Container Depot 10464
51 Container Freight Station 10193
52 Continuous Replenishment 19308
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11922
54 Contract Carrier 7247
55 Contract of Affreightment 11280
56 Control Charts 7837
57 Cost Flow 10147
58 Courier Service 15021
59 CPFR 8089
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11631
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43716
62 Date Code 17959
63 Days of Supply 19633
64 Dead on Arrival 9059
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7174
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7966
67 Detective Control 8773
68 Devanning 14086
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10710
70 Dispatching 24016
71 Distributed Inventory 8239
72 Distribution Channel Management 34361
73 Distribution Metrics 8890
74 Distribution Planning 24023
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15003
76 Double Marginalization 52388
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22119
78 Dual 5345
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20425
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38084
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49215
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7494
84 Efficient Frontier 25195
85 Engineer-to-Order 31472
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16142
87 Erlang B Formula 9205
88 ETD 8187
89 Ex Works 7738
90 Exception Rate 13285
91 Exponential smoothing 9709
92 External Growth 9917
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9294
94 Field Services 7647
95 Field Warehouse 9786
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8579
97 Fishbone Diagram 14449
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26745
99 Flow Through Distribution 12153
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8029
101 FOB Destination 12845
102 Forward buying 29859
103 Freight Charge 10196
104 Freight Consolidation 7414
105 Gantt Chart 8188
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11556
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29345
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12533
109 Hub 23204
110 Idle Time 7945
111 Import/Export License 8583
112 In Bond Shipment 13741
113 Inbound Logistics 13374
114 Interstate System 10859
115 Inventory Costs 53132
116 Inventory in Transit 16252
117 Inventory Management 54232
118 Inventory Planning System 9670
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22096
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41941
 
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