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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) 22577
22 Average Speed of Answer 26308
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22512
24 Batch Production 37433
25 Bill Discounting 14001
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10726
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6860
28 Blanket Release 9696
29 Bonded Warehouse 9786
30 Booking Number 13317
31 Bottleneck 9126
32 Buffer Stock 58089
33 Build to Stock 12641
34 Bullwhip Effect 9206
35 Business Logistics 24950
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12269
37 Capacity Management 39238
38 Capacity Utilization 13674
39 Capital Intensive 8026
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8282
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11767
42 Certified Supplier 8773
43 Channel Effectiveness 8728
44 Co-Destiny 8992
45 Co-managed Inventory 12127
46 Co-Packers 11504
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6556
48 Computer-Based Training 7450
49 Consular Invoice 19217
50 Container Depot 10300
51 Container Freight Station 10083
52 Continuous Replenishment 19132
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11754
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11143
56 Control Charts 7710
57 Cost Flow 10018
58 Courier Service 14750
59 CPFR 7945
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11472
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43132
62 Date Code 17647
63 Days of Supply 19382
64 Dead on Arrival 8858
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7042
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7807
67 Detective Control 8661
68 Devanning 13942
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10541
70 Dispatching 23501
71 Distributed Inventory 8135
72 Distribution Channel Management 33905
73 Distribution Metrics 8643
74 Distribution Planning 23833
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14782
76 Double Marginalization 52083
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21938
78 Dual 5219
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20264
80 Echelon Inventory 25802
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37891
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48675
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7368
84 Efficient Frontier 24868
85 Engineer-to-Order 31171
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15833
87 Erlang B Formula 9039
88 ETD 8049
89 Ex Works 7647
90 Exception Rate 13079
91 Exponential smoothing 9571
92 External Growth 9777
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9166
94 Field Services 7562
95 Field Warehouse 9634
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8360
97 Fishbone Diagram 14252
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26436
99 Flow Through Distribution 11987
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7878
101 FOB Destination 12622
102 Forward buying 29644
103 Freight Charge 10056
104 Freight Consolidation 7273
105 Gantt Chart 8082
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11348
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29065
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12388
109 Hub 22974
110 Idle Time 7822
111 Import/Export License 8430
112 In Bond Shipment 13549
113 Inbound Logistics 13155
114 Interstate System 10750
115 Inventory Costs 52555
116 Inventory in Transit 16028
117 Inventory Management 53685
118 Inventory Planning System 9539
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21825
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41095
 
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