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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) 22727
22 Average Speed of Answer 26411
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22782
24 Batch Production 37802
25 Bill Discounting 14220
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10917
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6971
28 Blanket Release 9817
29 Bonded Warehouse 9905
30 Booking Number 13496
31 Bottleneck 9300
32 Buffer Stock 58577
33 Build to Stock 12766
34 Bullwhip Effect 9359
35 Business Logistics 25241
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12378
37 Capacity Management 39824
38 Capacity Utilization 13857
39 Capital Intensive 8184
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8473
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11920
42 Certified Supplier 8848
43 Channel Effectiveness 8808
44 Co-Destiny 9098
45 Co-managed Inventory 12268
46 Co-Packers 11599
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6681
48 Computer-Based Training 7544
49 Consular Invoice 19431
50 Container Depot 10431
51 Container Freight Station 10162
52 Continuous Replenishment 19274
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11893
54 Contract Carrier 7226
55 Contract of Affreightment 11252
56 Control Charts 7810
57 Cost Flow 10121
58 Courier Service 14980
59 CPFR 8064
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11600
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43616
62 Date Code 17886
63 Days of Supply 19582
64 Dead on Arrival 9018
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7138
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7926
67 Detective Control 8746
68 Devanning 14057
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10675
70 Dispatching 23909
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34263
73 Distribution Metrics 8834
74 Distribution Planning 23984
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14960
76 Double Marginalization 52340
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22080
78 Dual 5322
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20387
80 Echelon Inventory 25935
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38045
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49136
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25124
85 Engineer-to-Order 31404
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16086
87 Erlang B Formula 9165
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7717
90 Exception Rate 13239
91 Exponential smoothing 9673
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9267
94 Field Services 7628
95 Field Warehouse 9749
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8538
97 Fishbone Diagram 14408
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26676
99 Flow Through Distribution 12121
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7998
101 FOB Destination 12797
102 Forward buying 29828
103 Freight Charge 10161
104 Freight Consolidation 7385
105 Gantt Chart 8164
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11517
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29288
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12494
109 Hub 23160
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8554
112 In Bond Shipment 13707
113 Inbound Logistics 13319
114 Interstate System 10829
115 Inventory Costs 53023
116 Inventory in Transit 16204
117 Inventory Management 54107
118 Inventory Planning System 9644
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22048
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41765
 
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