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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) 22734
22 Average Speed of Answer 26415
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22790
24 Batch Production 37821
25 Bill Discounting 14230
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10931
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6975
28 Blanket Release 9823
29 Bonded Warehouse 9914
30 Booking Number 13506
31 Bottleneck 9306
32 Buffer Stock 58597
33 Build to Stock 12774
34 Bullwhip Effect 9363
35 Business Logistics 25253
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12381
37 Capacity Management 39853
38 Capacity Utilization 13867
39 Capital Intensive 8190
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8479
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11925
42 Certified Supplier 8851
43 Channel Effectiveness 8811
44 Co-Destiny 9102
45 Co-managed Inventory 12276
46 Co-Packers 11602
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6685
48 Computer-Based Training 7549
49 Consular Invoice 19440
50 Container Depot 10436
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19278
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11900
54 Contract Carrier 7230
55 Contract of Affreightment 11259
56 Control Charts 7816
57 Cost Flow 10128
58 Courier Service 14989
59 CPFR 8067
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11607
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43637
62 Date Code 17898
63 Days of Supply 19591
64 Dead on Arrival 9030
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7147
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7929
67 Detective Control 8751
68 Devanning 14066
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10679
70 Dispatching 23925
71 Distributed Inventory 8214
72 Distribution Channel Management 34275
73 Distribution Metrics 8848
74 Distribution Planning 23992
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14965
76 Double Marginalization 52348
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22086
78 Dual 5325
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25942
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38051
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49147
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7465
84 Efficient Frontier 25133
85 Engineer-to-Order 31417
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16093
87 Erlang B Formula 9171
88 ETD 8158
89 Ex Works 7723
90 Exception Rate 13244
91 Exponential smoothing 9680
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9272
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9755
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8546
97 Fishbone Diagram 14413
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26686
99 Flow Through Distribution 12129
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8003
101 FOB Destination 12804
102 Forward buying 29837
103 Freight Charge 10167
104 Freight Consolidation 7389
105 Gantt Chart 8169
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11521
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29300
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12502
109 Hub 23167
110 Idle Time 7924
111 Import/Export License 8557
112 In Bond Shipment 13711
113 Inbound Logistics 13330
114 Interstate System 10833
115 Inventory Costs 53042
116 Inventory in Transit 16212
117 Inventory Management 54126
118 Inventory Planning System 9648
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22057
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41797
 
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