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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) 22966
22 Average Speed of Answer 26559
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23109
24 Batch Production 38359
25 Bill Discounting 14518
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11223
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7142
28 Blanket Release 10010
29 Bonded Warehouse 10057
30 Booking Number 13779
31 Bottleneck 9515
32 Buffer Stock 59225
33 Build to Stock 13001
34 Bullwhip Effect 9656
35 Business Logistics 25707
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40493
38 Capacity Utilization 14097
39 Capital Intensive 8405
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8730
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12124
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9294
45 Co-managed Inventory 12546
46 Co-Packers 11765
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6868
48 Computer-Based Training 7689
49 Consular Invoice 19770
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10274
52 Continuous Replenishment 19541
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11410
56 Control Charts 7959
57 Cost Flow 10268
58 Courier Service 15227
59 CPFR 8218
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44133
62 Date Code 18216
63 Days of Supply 19828
64 Dead on Arrival 9307
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7307
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8904
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10938
70 Dispatching 24501
71 Distributed Inventory 8352
72 Distribution Channel Management 34726
73 Distribution Metrics 9109
74 Distribution Planning 24197
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15207
76 Double Marginalization 52710
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22363
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20602
80 Echelon Inventory 26195
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38257
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49708
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7611
84 Efficient Frontier 25472
85 Engineer-to-Order 31730
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16495
87 Erlang B Formula 9343
88 ETD 8326
89 Ex Works 7831
90 Exception Rate 13486
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9498
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10437
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8754
97 Fishbone Diagram 14603
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27018
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8171
101 FOB Destination 13026
102 Forward buying 30141
103 Freight Charge 10395
104 Freight Consolidation 7525
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11729
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29578
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12678
109 Hub 23423
110 Idle Time 8066
111 Import/Export License 8714
112 In Bond Shipment 13943
113 Inbound Logistics 13577
114 Interstate System 10999
115 Inventory Costs 53611
116 Inventory in Transit 16517
117 Inventory Management 54775
118 Inventory Planning System 9855
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22288
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42693
 
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