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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) 22736
22 Average Speed of Answer 26416
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22795
24 Batch Production 37828
25 Bill Discounting 14233
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10935
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6977
28 Blanket Release 9824
29 Bonded Warehouse 9915
30 Booking Number 13509
31 Bottleneck 9308
32 Buffer Stock 58599
33 Build to Stock 12776
34 Bullwhip Effect 9366
35 Business Logistics 25256
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12384
37 Capacity Management 39861
38 Capacity Utilization 13869
39 Capital Intensive 8190
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8482
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11926
42 Certified Supplier 8852
43 Channel Effectiveness 8812
44 Co-Destiny 9104
45 Co-managed Inventory 12277
46 Co-Packers 11604
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6686
48 Computer-Based Training 7552
49 Consular Invoice 19444
50 Container Depot 10441
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11903
54 Contract Carrier 7232
55 Contract of Affreightment 11259
56 Control Charts 7818
57 Cost Flow 10129
58 Courier Service 14993
59 CPFR 8069
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11609
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43646
62 Date Code 17904
63 Days of Supply 19592
64 Dead on Arrival 9031
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7147
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7932
67 Detective Control 8754
68 Devanning 14068
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10681
70 Dispatching 23934
71 Distributed Inventory 8214
72 Distribution Channel Management 34280
73 Distribution Metrics 8851
74 Distribution Planning 23994
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14969
76 Double Marginalization 52351
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5328
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25944
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38056
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49149
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7467
84 Efficient Frontier 25143
85 Engineer-to-Order 31419
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16100
87 Erlang B Formula 9173
88 ETD 8161
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13247
91 Exponential smoothing 9683
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9757
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8548
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26690
99 Flow Through Distribution 12132
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8006
101 FOB Destination 12808
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7392
105 Gantt Chart 8170
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11525
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29306
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23169
110 Idle Time 7926
111 Import/Export License 8558
112 In Bond Shipment 13715
113 Inbound Logistics 13332
114 Interstate System 10836
115 Inventory Costs 53048
116 Inventory in Transit 16214
117 Inventory Management 54138
118 Inventory Planning System 9649
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22061
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41811
 
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