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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) 22623
22 Average Speed of Answer 26338
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22599
24 Batch Production 37566
25 Bill Discounting 14086
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10785
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6893
28 Blanket Release 9734
29 Bonded Warehouse 9831
30 Booking Number 13384
31 Bottleneck 9196
32 Buffer Stock 58256
33 Build to Stock 12693
34 Bullwhip Effect 9261
35 Business Logistics 25051
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12297
37 Capacity Management 39464
38 Capacity Utilization 13743
39 Capital Intensive 8076
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8346
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11817
42 Certified Supplier 8796
43 Channel Effectiveness 8761
44 Co-Destiny 9030
45 Co-managed Inventory 12178
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6596
48 Computer-Based Training 7477
49 Consular Invoice 19303
50 Container Depot 10339
51 Container Freight Station 10111
52 Continuous Replenishment 19174
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11803
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11174
56 Control Charts 7742
57 Cost Flow 10051
58 Courier Service 14835
59 CPFR 7991
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11519
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43297
62 Date Code 17721
63 Days of Supply 19455
64 Dead on Arrival 8920
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7848
67 Detective Control 8684
68 Devanning 13981
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10586
70 Dispatching 23617
71 Distributed Inventory 8161
72 Distribution Channel Management 34033
73 Distribution Metrics 8705
74 Distribution Planning 23894
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14841
76 Double Marginalization 52173
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21984
78 Dual 5257
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20295
80 Echelon Inventory 25854
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37946
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48837
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7400
84 Efficient Frontier 24956
85 Engineer-to-Order 31247
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15935
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8076
89 Ex Works 7667
90 Exception Rate 13137
91 Exponential smoothing 9603
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9201
94 Field Services 7579
95 Field Warehouse 9677
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8420
97 Fishbone Diagram 14297
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26509
99 Flow Through Distribution 12037
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7919
101 FOB Destination 12673
102 Forward buying 29706
103 Freight Charge 10090
104 Freight Consolidation 7315
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11409
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29162
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12420
109 Hub 23044
110 Idle Time 7861
111 Import/Export License 8474
112 In Bond Shipment 13607
113 Inbound Logistics 13204
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52733
116 Inventory in Transit 16088
117 Inventory Management 53825
118 Inventory Planning System 9575
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21909
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41350
 
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