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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) 22689
22 Average Speed of Answer 26380
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22708
24 Batch Production 37710
25 Bill Discounting 14174
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10843
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6937
28 Blanket Release 9787
29 Bonded Warehouse 9873
30 Booking Number 13450
31 Bottleneck 9261
32 Buffer Stock 58427
33 Build to Stock 12742
34 Bullwhip Effect 9315
35 Business Logistics 25154
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12349
37 Capacity Management 39686
38 Capacity Utilization 13813
39 Capital Intensive 8133
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8414
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11876
42 Certified Supplier 8832
43 Channel Effectiveness 8793
44 Co-Destiny 9063
45 Co-managed Inventory 12234
46 Co-Packers 11575
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6646
48 Computer-Based Training 7524
49 Consular Invoice 19374
50 Container Depot 10394
51 Container Freight Station 10139
52 Continuous Replenishment 19231
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11858
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11212
56 Control Charts 7784
57 Cost Flow 10090
58 Courier Service 14924
59 CPFR 8033
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11564
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43472
62 Date Code 17807
63 Days of Supply 19533
64 Dead on Arrival 8974
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7109
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7894
67 Detective Control 8719
68 Devanning 14026
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10639
70 Dispatching 23765
71 Distributed Inventory 8191
72 Distribution Channel Management 34158
73 Distribution Metrics 8777
74 Distribution Planning 23941
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14906
76 Double Marginalization 52286
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22033
78 Dual 5301
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20346
80 Echelon Inventory 25900
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38003
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49009
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7440
84 Efficient Frontier 25056
85 Engineer-to-Order 31336
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16014
87 Erlang B Formula 9140
88 ETD 8118
89 Ex Works 7693
90 Exception Rate 13199
91 Exponential smoothing 9644
92 External Growth 9856
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9237
94 Field Services 7605
95 Field Warehouse 9725
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8490
97 Fishbone Diagram 14359
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26604
99 Flow Through Distribution 12089
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7961
101 FOB Destination 12733
102 Forward buying 29786
103 Freight Charge 10132
104 Freight Consolidation 7358
105 Gantt Chart 8137
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11482
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29238
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12465
109 Hub 23109
110 Idle Time 7894
111 Import/Export License 8517
112 In Bond Shipment 13666
113 Inbound Logistics 13265
114 Interstate System 10800
115 Inventory Costs 52894
116 Inventory in Transit 16154
117 Inventory Management 53986
118 Inventory Planning System 9616
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21999
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41598
 
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