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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) 22808
22 Average Speed of Answer 26462
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22895
24 Batch Production 37983
25 Bill Discounting 14330
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11035
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7034
28 Blanket Release 9890
29 Bonded Warehouse 9962
30 Booking Number 13605
31 Bottleneck 9369
32 Buffer Stock 58779
33 Build to Stock 12824
34 Bullwhip Effect 9432
35 Business Logistics 25377
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12445
37 Capacity Management 40060
38 Capacity Utilization 13932
39 Capital Intensive 8256
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8560
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11985
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8847
44 Co-Destiny 9165
45 Co-managed Inventory 12333
46 Co-Packers 11655
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6741
48 Computer-Based Training 7592
49 Consular Invoice 19544
50 Container Depot 10498
51 Container Freight Station 10208
52 Continuous Replenishment 19343
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11951
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11304
56 Control Charts 7865
57 Cost Flow 10168
58 Courier Service 15067
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11663
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43792
62 Date Code 18022
63 Days of Supply 19672
64 Dead on Arrival 9089
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7201
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7992
67 Detective Control 8800
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10742
70 Dispatching 24133
71 Distributed Inventory 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34415
73 Distribution Metrics 8931
74 Distribution Planning 24054
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15042
76 Double Marginalization 52435
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22149
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20458
80 Echelon Inventory 26010
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38119
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49313
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25248
85 Engineer-to-Order 31521
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16203
87 Erlang B Formula 9233
88 ETD 8217
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9732
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9324
94 Field Services 7663
95 Field Warehouse 9861
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8619
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26798
99 Flow Through Distribution 12182
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8055
101 FOB Destination 12886
102 Forward buying 29900
103 Freight Charge 10220
104 Freight Consolidation 7435
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11591
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29383
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12560
109 Hub 23245
110 Idle Time 7968
111 Import/Export License 8607
112 In Bond Shipment 13772
113 Inbound Logistics 13417
114 Interstate System 10891
115 Inventory Costs 53211
116 Inventory in Transit 16288
117 Inventory Management 54345
118 Inventory Planning System 9695
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22129
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42091
 
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