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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) 22631
22 Average Speed of Answer 26342
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22609
24 Batch Production 37584
25 Bill Discounting 14095
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10793
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6900
28 Blanket Release 9737
29 Bonded Warehouse 9839
30 Booking Number 13388
31 Bottleneck 9203
32 Buffer Stock 58272
33 Build to Stock 12700
34 Bullwhip Effect 9272
35 Business Logistics 25063
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12304
37 Capacity Management 39483
38 Capacity Utilization 13751
39 Capital Intensive 8081
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8353
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11825
42 Certified Supplier 8799
43 Channel Effectiveness 8766
44 Co-Destiny 9036
45 Co-managed Inventory 12184
46 Co-Packers 11539
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6601
48 Computer-Based Training 7480
49 Consular Invoice 19312
50 Container Depot 10343
51 Container Freight Station 10117
52 Continuous Replenishment 19179
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11807
54 Contract Carrier 7194
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7748
57 Cost Flow 10055
58 Courier Service 14843
59 CPFR 7994
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11525
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43311
62 Date Code 17731
63 Days of Supply 19460
64 Dead on Arrival 8925
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7075
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7852
67 Detective Control 8688
68 Devanning 13983
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10589
70 Dispatching 23632
71 Distributed Inventory 8165
72 Distribution Channel Management 34049
73 Distribution Metrics 8712
74 Distribution Planning 23897
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14850
76 Double Marginalization 52188
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21987
78 Dual 5263
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20299
80 Echelon Inventory 25857
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37953
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48853
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7403
84 Efficient Frontier 24967
85 Engineer-to-Order 31255
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15948
87 Erlang B Formula 9093
88 ETD 8084
89 Ex Works 7669
90 Exception Rate 13142
91 Exponential smoothing 9609
92 External Growth 9821
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9206
94 Field Services 7581
95 Field Warehouse 9685
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8429
97 Fishbone Diagram 14303
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26518
99 Flow Through Distribution 12043
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7923
101 FOB Destination 12679
102 Forward buying 29714
103 Freight Charge 10097
104 Freight Consolidation 7321
105 Gantt Chart 8112
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11416
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29179
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12423
109 Hub 23048
110 Idle Time 7863
111 Import/Export License 8477
112 In Bond Shipment 13612
113 Inbound Logistics 13212
114 Interstate System 10774
115 Inventory Costs 52753
116 Inventory in Transit 16099
117 Inventory Management 53840
118 Inventory Planning System 9581
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21922
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41379
 
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