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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) 23107
22 Average Speed of Answer 26641
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23314
24 Batch Production 38650
25 Bill Discounting 14674
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11355
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7234
28 Blanket Release 10119
29 Bonded Warehouse 10150
30 Booking Number 13958
31 Bottleneck 9651
32 Buffer Stock 59569
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9794
35 Business Logistics 25958
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12659
37 Capacity Management 40953
38 Capacity Utilization 14231
39 Capital Intensive 8535
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8882
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12238
42 Certified Supplier 9037
43 Channel Effectiveness 9015
44 Co-Destiny 9393
45 Co-managed Inventory 12670
46 Co-Packers 11869
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6975
48 Computer-Based Training 7767
49 Consular Invoice 19956
50 Container Depot 10690
51 Container Freight Station 10343
52 Continuous Replenishment 19664
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12173
54 Contract Carrier 7370
55 Contract of Affreightment 11502
56 Control Charts 8035
57 Cost Flow 10369
58 Courier Service 15366
59 CPFR 8305
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11900
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44410
62 Date Code 18432
63 Days of Supply 19967
64 Dead on Arrival 9448
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7391
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8211
67 Detective Control 9004
68 Devanning 14311
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11069
70 Dispatching 24722
71 Distributed Inventory 8440
72 Distribution Channel Management 35044
73 Distribution Metrics 9264
74 Distribution Planning 24327
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15362
76 Double Marginalization 52944
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22511
78 Dual 5498
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20724
80 Echelon Inventory 26347
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38387
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50042
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7699
84 Efficient Frontier 25653
85 Engineer-to-Order 31911
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16705
87 Erlang B Formula 9435
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7902
90 Exception Rate 13623
91 Exponential smoothing 9909
92 External Growth 10184
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9612
94 Field Services 7801
95 Field Warehouse 10833
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8913
97 Fishbone Diagram 14715
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27245
99 Flow Through Distribution 12426
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8281
101 FOB Destination 13162
102 Forward buying 30359
103 Freight Charge 10494
104 Freight Consolidation 7603
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11850
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29718
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12791
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8151
111 Import/Export License 8816
112 In Bond Shipment 14085
113 Inbound Logistics 13702
114 Interstate System 11099
115 Inventory Costs 53984
116 Inventory in Transit 16668
117 Inventory Management 55122
118 Inventory Planning System 9955
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22440
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43224
 
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