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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) 22619
22 Average Speed of Answer 26336
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22597
24 Batch Production 37561
25 Bill Discounting 14083
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10783
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6892
28 Blanket Release 9732
29 Bonded Warehouse 9830
30 Booking Number 13382
31 Bottleneck 9190
32 Buffer Stock 58248
33 Build to Stock 12692
34 Bullwhip Effect 9260
35 Business Logistics 25051
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12296
37 Capacity Management 39453
38 Capacity Utilization 13740
39 Capital Intensive 8074
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8344
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11817
42 Certified Supplier 8795
43 Channel Effectiveness 8760
44 Co-Destiny 9028
45 Co-managed Inventory 12176
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6595
48 Computer-Based Training 7476
49 Consular Invoice 19298
50 Container Depot 10339
51 Container Freight Station 10109
52 Continuous Replenishment 19173
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11801
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11173
56 Control Charts 7740
57 Cost Flow 10050
58 Courier Service 14831
59 CPFR 7988
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11517
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43294
62 Date Code 17720
63 Days of Supply 19453
64 Dead on Arrival 8918
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7073
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7845
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13978
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10583
70 Dispatching 23617
71 Distributed Inventory 8160
72 Distribution Channel Management 34026
73 Distribution Metrics 8701
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14838
76 Double Marginalization 52170
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21982
78 Dual 5253
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20292
80 Echelon Inventory 25852
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37944
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48832
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7399
84 Efficient Frontier 24948
85 Engineer-to-Order 31247
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15933
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8076
89 Ex Works 7666
90 Exception Rate 13136
91 Exponential smoothing 9602
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9197
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9676
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8417
97 Fishbone Diagram 14297
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26505
99 Flow Through Distribution 12036
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7915
101 FOB Destination 12671
102 Forward buying 29702
103 Freight Charge 10089
104 Freight Consolidation 7313
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11401
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29158
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12419
109 Hub 23043
110 Idle Time 7860
111 Import/Export License 8472
112 In Bond Shipment 13606
113 Inbound Logistics 13204
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52727
116 Inventory in Transit 16085
117 Inventory Management 53820
118 Inventory Planning System 9573
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21904
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41340
 
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