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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) 22913
22 Average Speed of Answer 26519
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23026
24 Batch Production 38233
25 Bill Discounting 14447
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11138
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7104
28 Blanket Release 9962
29 Bonded Warehouse 10026
30 Booking Number 13709
31 Bottleneck 9452
32 Buffer Stock 59096
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9524
35 Business Logistics 25542
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12523
37 Capacity Management 40323
38 Capacity Utilization 14036
39 Capital Intensive 8348
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8660
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12063
42 Certified Supplier 8933
43 Channel Effectiveness 8893
44 Co-Destiny 9245
45 Co-managed Inventory 12411
46 Co-Packers 11718
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6813
48 Computer-Based Training 7656
49 Consular Invoice 19682
50 Container Depot 10564
51 Container Freight Station 10246
52 Continuous Replenishment 19413
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12026
54 Contract Carrier 7295
55 Contract of Affreightment 11371
56 Control Charts 7920
57 Cost Flow 10221
58 Courier Service 15169
59 CPFR 8175
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11735
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44016
62 Date Code 18141
63 Days of Supply 19762
64 Dead on Arrival 9183
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7267
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8058
67 Detective Control 8869
68 Devanning 14172
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10818
70 Dispatching 24372
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34597
73 Distribution Metrics 9040
74 Distribution Planning 24138
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15151
76 Double Marginalization 52564
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22232
78 Dual 5407
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20546
80 Echelon Inventory 26126
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38202
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49533
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7572
84 Efficient Frontier 25380
85 Engineer-to-Order 31651
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16337
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8286
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13422
91 Exponential smoothing 9786
92 External Growth 10020
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9380
94 Field Services 7711
95 Field Warehouse 10255
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8705
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26927
99 Flow Through Distribution 12260
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8124
101 FOB Destination 12969
102 Forward buying 30008
103 Freight Charge 10278
104 Freight Consolidation 7489
105 Gantt Chart 8257
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11672
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29503
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12630
109 Hub 23348
110 Idle Time 8025
111 Import/Export License 8666
112 In Bond Shipment 13877
113 Inbound Logistics 13519
114 Interstate System 10958
115 Inventory Costs 53436
116 Inventory in Transit 16376
117 Inventory Management 54570
118 Inventory Planning System 9744
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22230
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42469
 
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