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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) 22669
22 Average Speed of Answer 26369
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22675
24 Batch Production 37681
25 Bill Discounting 14160
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10831
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6928
28 Blanket Release 9770
29 Bonded Warehouse 9861
30 Booking Number 13424
31 Bottleneck 9249
32 Buffer Stock 58373
33 Build to Stock 12726
34 Bullwhip Effect 9298
35 Business Logistics 25127
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12335
37 Capacity Management 39619
38 Capacity Utilization 13793
39 Capital Intensive 8117
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8397
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11861
42 Certified Supplier 8823
43 Channel Effectiveness 8783
44 Co-Destiny 9053
45 Co-managed Inventory 12220
46 Co-Packers 11558
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6629
48 Computer-Based Training 7513
49 Consular Invoice 19350
50 Container Depot 10378
51 Container Freight Station 10136
52 Continuous Replenishment 19217
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11841
54 Contract Carrier 7209
55 Contract of Affreightment 11203
56 Control Charts 7773
57 Cost Flow 10081
58 Courier Service 14905
59 CPFR 8023
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11552
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43418
62 Date Code 17779
63 Days of Supply 19511
64 Dead on Arrival 8958
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7093
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7884
67 Detective Control 8706
68 Devanning 14008
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10623
70 Dispatching 23719
71 Distributed Inventory 8185
72 Distribution Channel Management 34123
73 Distribution Metrics 8752
74 Distribution Planning 23930
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14885
76 Double Marginalization 52262
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22020
78 Dual 5295
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20324
80 Echelon Inventory 25886
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37984
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48956
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7431
84 Efficient Frontier 25023
85 Engineer-to-Order 31306
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15993
87 Erlang B Formula 9129
88 ETD 8107
89 Ex Works 7686
90 Exception Rate 13182
91 Exponential smoothing 9630
92 External Growth 9844
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9230
94 Field Services 7599
95 Field Warehouse 9712
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8474
97 Fishbone Diagram 14338
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26576
99 Flow Through Distribution 12079
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7953
101 FOB Destination 12715
102 Forward buying 29765
103 Freight Charge 10123
104 Freight Consolidation 7351
105 Gantt Chart 8129
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11469
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29223
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12449
109 Hub 23093
110 Idle Time 7884
111 Import/Export License 8506
112 In Bond Shipment 13646
113 Inbound Logistics 13250
114 Interstate System 10796
115 Inventory Costs 52851
116 Inventory in Transit 16132
117 Inventory Management 53934
118 Inventory Planning System 9606
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21972
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41532
 
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