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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) 22912
22 Average Speed of Answer 26518
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23025
24 Batch Production 38231
25 Bill Discounting 14446
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11137
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7102
28 Blanket Release 9960
29 Bonded Warehouse 10024
30 Booking Number 13707
31 Bottleneck 9451
32 Buffer Stock 59092
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9522
35 Business Logistics 25540
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12520
37 Capacity Management 40321
38 Capacity Utilization 14034
39 Capital Intensive 8346
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8658
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12062
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8892
44 Co-Destiny 9245
45 Co-managed Inventory 12410
46 Co-Packers 11717
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6811
48 Computer-Based Training 7655
49 Consular Invoice 19679
50 Container Depot 10562
51 Container Freight Station 10245
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12024
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11369
56 Control Charts 7918
57 Cost Flow 10220
58 Courier Service 15168
59 CPFR 8173
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11735
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44013
62 Date Code 18141
63 Days of Supply 19759
64 Dead on Arrival 9182
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7265
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8056
67 Detective Control 8867
68 Devanning 14170
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10817
70 Dispatching 24370
71 Distributed Inventory 8308
72 Distribution Channel Management 34594
73 Distribution Metrics 9040
74 Distribution Planning 24137
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15149
76 Double Marginalization 52563
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22231
78 Dual 5406
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20543
80 Echelon Inventory 26122
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38202
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49531
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7571
84 Efficient Frontier 25379
85 Engineer-to-Order 31650
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16333
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8285
89 Ex Works 7800
90 Exception Rate 13421
91 Exponential smoothing 9785
92 External Growth 10019
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9379
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10249
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8705
97 Fishbone Diagram 14555
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26926
99 Flow Through Distribution 12258
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8123
101 FOB Destination 12968
102 Forward buying 30006
103 Freight Charge 10277
104 Freight Consolidation 7487
105 Gantt Chart 8256
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11672
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29500
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12629
109 Hub 23347
110 Idle Time 8024
111 Import/Export License 8665
112 In Bond Shipment 13875
113 Inbound Logistics 13517
114 Interstate System 10957
115 Inventory Costs 53435
116 Inventory in Transit 16376
117 Inventory Management 54569
118 Inventory Planning System 9743
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22230
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42465
 
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