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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) 22625
22 Average Speed of Answer 26340
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22601
24 Batch Production 37568
25 Bill Discounting 14088
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10786
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6893
28 Blanket Release 9735
29 Bonded Warehouse 9833
30 Booking Number 13384
31 Bottleneck 9196
32 Buffer Stock 58261
33 Build to Stock 12696
34 Bullwhip Effect 9264
35 Business Logistics 25053
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12297
37 Capacity Management 39467
38 Capacity Utilization 13745
39 Capital Intensive 8076
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8347
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11819
42 Certified Supplier 8796
43 Channel Effectiveness 8761
44 Co-Destiny 9032
45 Co-managed Inventory 12179
46 Co-Packers 11536
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6596
48 Computer-Based Training 7477
49 Consular Invoice 19306
50 Container Depot 10341
51 Container Freight Station 10112
52 Continuous Replenishment 19176
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11805
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11174
56 Control Charts 7743
57 Cost Flow 10052
58 Courier Service 14836
59 CPFR 7992
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11521
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43300
62 Date Code 17724
63 Days of Supply 19456
64 Dead on Arrival 8921
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7849
67 Detective Control 8685
68 Devanning 13981
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10587
70 Dispatching 23622
71 Distributed Inventory 8162
72 Distribution Channel Management 34034
73 Distribution Metrics 8706
74 Distribution Planning 23894
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14845
76 Double Marginalization 52175
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21985
78 Dual 5258
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20295
80 Echelon Inventory 25854
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37946
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48840
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7400
84 Efficient Frontier 24957
85 Engineer-to-Order 31250
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15937
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8078
89 Ex Works 7668
90 Exception Rate 13138
91 Exponential smoothing 9604
92 External Growth 9817
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9202
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9680
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8421
97 Fishbone Diagram 14298
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26511
99 Flow Through Distribution 12038
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7920
101 FOB Destination 12673
102 Forward buying 29708
103 Freight Charge 10092
104 Freight Consolidation 7315
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11410
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29170
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12421
109 Hub 23045
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8475
112 In Bond Shipment 13608
113 Inbound Logistics 13206
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52737
116 Inventory in Transit 16090
117 Inventory Management 53829
118 Inventory Planning System 9578
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21910
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41356
 
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