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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) 22700
22 Average Speed of Answer 26389
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22730
24 Batch Production 37740
25 Bill Discounting 14187
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10868
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6950
28 Blanket Release 9795
29 Bonded Warehouse 9884
30 Booking Number 13467
31 Bottleneck 9275
32 Buffer Stock 58480
33 Build to Stock 12751
34 Bullwhip Effect 9325
35 Business Logistics 25182
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12358
37 Capacity Management 39721
38 Capacity Utilization 13826
39 Capital Intensive 8148
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8432
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11888
42 Certified Supplier 8836
43 Channel Effectiveness 8797
44 Co-Destiny 9073
45 Co-managed Inventory 12242
46 Co-Packers 11580
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6663
48 Computer-Based Training 7531
49 Consular Invoice 19392
50 Container Depot 10406
51 Container Freight Station 10145
52 Continuous Replenishment 19248
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11867
54 Contract Carrier 7218
55 Contract of Affreightment 11218
56 Control Charts 7791
57 Cost Flow 10102
58 Courier Service 14940
59 CPFR 8042
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11580
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43514
62 Date Code 17835
63 Days of Supply 19544
64 Dead on Arrival 8992
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7121
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7903
67 Detective Control 8729
68 Devanning 14032
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10650
70 Dispatching 23803
71 Distributed Inventory 8200
72 Distribution Channel Management 34197
73 Distribution Metrics 8797
74 Distribution Planning 23959
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14926
76 Double Marginalization 52302
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22052
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20359
80 Echelon Inventory 25908
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38015
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49046
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7447
84 Efficient Frontier 25074
85 Engineer-to-Order 31355
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16040
87 Erlang B Formula 9148
88 ETD 8127
89 Ex Works 7703
90 Exception Rate 13208
91 Exponential smoothing 9655
92 External Growth 9863
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9251
94 Field Services 7614
95 Field Warehouse 9733
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8508
97 Fishbone Diagram 14373
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26626
99 Flow Through Distribution 12099
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7975
101 FOB Destination 12752
102 Forward buying 29799
103 Freight Charge 10139
104 Freight Consolidation 7368
105 Gantt Chart 8146
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11494
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29249
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12472
109 Hub 23125
110 Idle Time 7902
111 Import/Export License 8528
112 In Bond Shipment 13680
113 Inbound Logistics 13281
114 Interstate System 10812
115 Inventory Costs 52931
116 Inventory in Transit 16170
117 Inventory Management 54017
118 Inventory Planning System 9623
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22015
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41648
 
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