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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) 22569
22 Average Speed of Answer 26307
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22499
24 Batch Production 37418
25 Bill Discounting 13995
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10720
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6854
28 Blanket Release 9695
29 Bonded Warehouse 9782
30 Booking Number 13303
31 Bottleneck 9119
32 Buffer Stock 58056
33 Build to Stock 12633
34 Bullwhip Effect 9201
35 Business Logistics 24932
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12262
37 Capacity Management 39209
38 Capacity Utilization 13669
39 Capital Intensive 8016
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8271
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11758
42 Certified Supplier 8771
43 Channel Effectiveness 8724
44 Co-Destiny 8989
45 Co-managed Inventory 12123
46 Co-Packers 11501
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6550
48 Computer-Based Training 7447
49 Consular Invoice 19209
50 Container Depot 10295
51 Container Freight Station 10080
52 Continuous Replenishment 19124
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11750
54 Contract Carrier 7172
55 Contract of Affreightment 11141
56 Control Charts 7706
57 Cost Flow 10013
58 Courier Service 14741
59 CPFR 7942
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11465
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43095
62 Date Code 17636
63 Days of Supply 19373
64 Dead on Arrival 8850
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7041
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7801
67 Detective Control 8656
68 Devanning 13940
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10537
70 Dispatching 23485
71 Distributed Inventory 8129
72 Distribution Channel Management 33878
73 Distribution Metrics 8630
74 Distribution Planning 23825
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14772
76 Double Marginalization 52065
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21930
78 Dual 5216
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20262
80 Echelon Inventory 25796
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37882
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48651
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7363
84 Efficient Frontier 24853
85 Engineer-to-Order 31159
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15821
87 Erlang B Formula 9031
88 ETD 8041
89 Ex Works 7641
90 Exception Rate 13070
91 Exponential smoothing 9568
92 External Growth 9767
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7558
95 Field Warehouse 9630
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8352
97 Fishbone Diagram 14243
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26429
99 Flow Through Distribution 11986
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7868
101 FOB Destination 12611
102 Forward buying 29630
103 Freight Charge 10051
104 Freight Consolidation 7270
105 Gantt Chart 8074
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11342
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29046
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12382
109 Hub 22961
110 Idle Time 7819
111 Import/Export License 8420
112 In Bond Shipment 13538
113 Inbound Logistics 13146
114 Interstate System 10748
115 Inventory Costs 52518
116 Inventory in Transit 16022
117 Inventory Management 53663
118 Inventory Planning System 9536
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21821
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41050
 
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