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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) 22969
22 Average Speed of Answer 26559
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23111
24 Batch Production 38364
25 Bill Discounting 14522
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11223
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7143
28 Blanket Release 10011
29 Bonded Warehouse 10059
30 Booking Number 13781
31 Bottleneck 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59230
33 Build to Stock 13010
34 Bullwhip Effect 9665
35 Business Logistics 25716
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12567
37 Capacity Management 40500
38 Capacity Utilization 14100
39 Capital Intensive 8406
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8733
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12129
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8927
44 Co-Destiny 9295
45 Co-managed Inventory 12554
46 Co-Packers 11767
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6870
48 Computer-Based Training 7691
49 Consular Invoice 19776
50 Container Depot 10606
51 Container Freight Station 10274
52 Continuous Replenishment 19550
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11411
56 Control Charts 7960
57 Cost Flow 10270
58 Courier Service 15229
59 CPFR 8219
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11794
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44135
62 Date Code 18221
63 Days of Supply 19832
64 Dead on Arrival 9315
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8103
67 Detective Control 8909
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10946
70 Dispatching 24505
71 Distributed Inventory 8354
72 Distribution Channel Management 34733
73 Distribution Metrics 9111
74 Distribution Planning 24199
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15209
76 Double Marginalization 52718
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22372
78 Dual 5440
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20608
80 Echelon Inventory 26200
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38261
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49712
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25475
85 Engineer-to-Order 31732
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16503
87 Erlang B Formula 9344
88 ETD 8327
89 Ex Works 7833
90 Exception Rate 13488
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9505
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10442
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8756
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27022
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8174
101 FOB Destination 13028
102 Forward buying 30150
103 Freight Charge 10404
104 Freight Consolidation 7529
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11731
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29580
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12679
109 Hub 23426
110 Idle Time 8068
111 Import/Export License 8716
112 In Bond Shipment 13946
113 Inbound Logistics 13579
114 Interstate System 11000
115 Inventory Costs 53617
116 Inventory in Transit 16525
117 Inventory Management 54785
118 Inventory Planning System 9863
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22292
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42702
 
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