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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) 22808
22 Average Speed of Answer 26460
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22894
24 Batch Production 37981
25 Bill Discounting 14330
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11033
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7033
28 Blanket Release 9889
29 Bonded Warehouse 9962
30 Booking Number 13604
31 Bottleneck 9368
32 Buffer Stock 58775
33 Build to Stock 12823
34 Bullwhip Effect 9431
35 Business Logistics 25374
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12445
37 Capacity Management 40055
38 Capacity Utilization 13930
39 Capital Intensive 8255
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8559
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11983
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8847
44 Co-Destiny 9164
45 Co-managed Inventory 12332
46 Co-Packers 11654
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6740
48 Computer-Based Training 7590
49 Consular Invoice 19541
50 Container Depot 10496
51 Container Freight Station 10207
52 Continuous Replenishment 19340
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11949
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11304
56 Control Charts 7865
57 Cost Flow 10168
58 Courier Service 15066
59 CPFR 8118
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11663
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43788
62 Date Code 18021
63 Days of Supply 19670
64 Dead on Arrival 9088
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7200
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7990
67 Detective Control 8800
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10740
70 Dispatching 24126
71 Distributed Inventory 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34411
73 Distribution Metrics 8930
74 Distribution Planning 24053
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15041
76 Double Marginalization 52433
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22148
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20457
80 Echelon Inventory 26005
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38117
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49307
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25244
85 Engineer-to-Order 31520
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16200
87 Erlang B Formula 9232
88 ETD 8217
89 Ex Works 7755
90 Exception Rate 13324
91 Exponential smoothing 9731
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9323
94 Field Services 7662
95 Field Warehouse 9857
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8617
97 Fishbone Diagram 14481
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26792
99 Flow Through Distribution 12178
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8054
101 FOB Destination 12885
102 Forward buying 29899
103 Freight Charge 10219
104 Freight Consolidation 7435
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11589
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29381
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12559
109 Hub 23244
110 Idle Time 7968
111 Import/Export License 8606
112 In Bond Shipment 13769
113 Inbound Logistics 13415
114 Interstate System 10890
115 Inventory Costs 53208
116 Inventory in Transit 16286
117 Inventory Management 54340
118 Inventory Planning System 9691
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22126
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42087
 
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