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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) 22909
22 Average Speed of Answer 26514
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23022
24 Batch Production 38220
25 Bill Discounting 14441
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11135
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7098
28 Blanket Release 9957
29 Bonded Warehouse 10022
30 Booking Number 13703
31 Bottleneck 9447
32 Buffer Stock 59081
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9517
35 Business Logistics 25530
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12518
37 Capacity Management 40309
38 Capacity Utilization 14029
39 Capital Intensive 8344
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8656
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12062
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8889
44 Co-Destiny 9240
45 Co-managed Inventory 12409
46 Co-Packers 11716
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6807
48 Computer-Based Training 7650
49 Consular Invoice 19672
50 Container Depot 10560
51 Container Freight Station 10241
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12023
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11365
56 Control Charts 7916
57 Cost Flow 10217
58 Courier Service 15164
59 CPFR 8171
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11731
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44005
62 Date Code 18134
63 Days of Supply 19758
64 Dead on Arrival 9178
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7263
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8055
67 Detective Control 8865
68 Devanning 14169
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10816
70 Dispatching 24359
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34588
73 Distribution Metrics 9034
74 Distribution Planning 24135
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15146
76 Double Marginalization 52558
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22227
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20540
80 Echelon Inventory 26116
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38197
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49523
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7569
84 Efficient Frontier 25373
85 Engineer-to-Order 31646
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16331
87 Erlang B Formula 9304
88 ETD 8282
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13417
91 Exponential smoothing 9781
92 External Growth 10016
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9377
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10230
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8703
97 Fishbone Diagram 14552
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26923
99 Flow Through Distribution 12256
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8120
101 FOB Destination 12967
102 Forward buying 30003
103 Freight Charge 10274
104 Freight Consolidation 7487
105 Gantt Chart 8252
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11668
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29497
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12627
109 Hub 23342
110 Idle Time 8018
111 Import/Export License 8663
112 In Bond Shipment 13870
113 Inbound Logistics 13512
114 Interstate System 10955
115 Inventory Costs 53423
116 Inventory in Transit 16370
117 Inventory Management 54560
118 Inventory Planning System 9740
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22228
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42452
 
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