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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) 22662
22 Average Speed of Answer 26364
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22665
24 Batch Production 37668
25 Bill Discounting 14151
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10820
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6923
28 Blanket Release 9759
29 Bonded Warehouse 9856
30 Booking Number 13420
31 Bottleneck 9245
32 Buffer Stock 58351
33 Build to Stock 12721
34 Bullwhip Effect 9293
35 Business Logistics 25118
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12328
37 Capacity Management 39596
38 Capacity Utilization 13787
39 Capital Intensive 8110
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8388
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11854
42 Certified Supplier 8817
43 Channel Effectiveness 8777
44 Co-Destiny 9050
45 Co-managed Inventory 12213
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6626
48 Computer-Based Training 7508
49 Consular Invoice 19344
50 Container Depot 10370
51 Container Freight Station 10131
52 Continuous Replenishment 19213
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11836
54 Contract Carrier 7206
55 Contract of Affreightment 11197
56 Control Charts 7769
57 Cost Flow 10077
58 Courier Service 14900
59 CPFR 8019
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11546
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43403
62 Date Code 17774
63 Days of Supply 19504
64 Dead on Arrival 8951
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7090
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7877
67 Detective Control 8703
68 Devanning 14003
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10619
70 Dispatching 23699
71 Distributed Inventory 8179
72 Distribution Channel Management 34109
73 Distribution Metrics 8744
74 Distribution Planning 23927
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14879
76 Double Marginalization 52254
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22014
78 Dual 5289
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20319
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37979
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48935
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7425
84 Efficient Frontier 25014
85 Engineer-to-Order 31293
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15985
87 Erlang B Formula 9124
88 ETD 8104
89 Ex Works 7681
90 Exception Rate 13175
91 Exponential smoothing 9627
92 External Growth 9840
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9224
94 Field Services 7594
95 Field Warehouse 9707
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8462
97 Fishbone Diagram 14331
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26567
99 Flow Through Distribution 12073
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7946
101 FOB Destination 12708
102 Forward buying 29752
103 Freight Charge 10116
104 Freight Consolidation 7344
105 Gantt Chart 8126
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11462
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29220
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12444
109 Hub 23078
110 Idle Time 7879
111 Import/Export License 8502
112 In Bond Shipment 13638
113 Inbound Logistics 13243
114 Interstate System 10790
115 Inventory Costs 52828
116 Inventory in Transit 16125
117 Inventory Management 53922
118 Inventory Planning System 9602
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21964
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41508
 
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