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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) 22812
22 Average Speed of Answer 26463
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22899
24 Batch Production 37988
25 Bill Discounting 14330
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11037
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7035
28 Blanket Release 9890
29 Bonded Warehouse 9962
30 Booking Number 13608
31 Bottleneck 9369
32 Buffer Stock 58784
33 Build to Stock 12824
34 Bullwhip Effect 9435
35 Business Logistics 25377
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12446
37 Capacity Management 40065
38 Capacity Utilization 13935
39 Capital Intensive 8258
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8561
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11987
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9167
45 Co-managed Inventory 12335
46 Co-Packers 11656
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6743
48 Computer-Based Training 7592
49 Consular Invoice 19546
50 Container Depot 10500
51 Container Freight Station 10208
52 Continuous Replenishment 19343
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11951
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11304
56 Control Charts 7865
57 Cost Flow 10168
58 Courier Service 15068
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11663
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43799
62 Date Code 18024
63 Days of Supply 19673
64 Dead on Arrival 9090
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7202
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7992
67 Detective Control 8802
68 Devanning 14113
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10743
70 Dispatching 24141
71 Distributed Inventory 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34422
73 Distribution Metrics 8934
74 Distribution Planning 24055
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15046
76 Double Marginalization 52438
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22150
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20458
80 Echelon Inventory 26012
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38121
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49322
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7514
84 Efficient Frontier 25252
85 Engineer-to-Order 31524
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16205
87 Erlang B Formula 9234
88 ETD 8219
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9734
92 External Growth 9948
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9325
94 Field Services 7663
95 Field Warehouse 9866
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8620
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26802
99 Flow Through Distribution 12184
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8056
101 FOB Destination 12887
102 Forward buying 29901
103 Freight Charge 10223
104 Freight Consolidation 7436
105 Gantt Chart 8209
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11594
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29384
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12562
109 Hub 23248
110 Idle Time 7969
111 Import/Export License 8608
112 In Bond Shipment 13772
113 Inbound Logistics 13418
114 Interstate System 10891
115 Inventory Costs 53212
116 Inventory in Transit 16289
117 Inventory Management 54350
118 Inventory Planning System 9696
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22129
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42102
 
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