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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) 23135
22 Average Speed of Answer 26668
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23363
24 Batch Production 38725
25 Bill Discounting 14700
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11384
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7254
28 Blanket Release 10141
29 Bonded Warehouse 10172
30 Booking Number 14001
31 Bottleneck 9680
32 Buffer Stock 59626
33 Build to Stock 13133
34 Bullwhip Effect 9824
35 Business Logistics 26009
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12686
37 Capacity Management 41054
38 Capacity Utilization 14270
39 Capital Intensive 8562
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8916
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12266
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9035
44 Co-Destiny 9420
45 Co-managed Inventory 12701
46 Co-Packers 11896
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6997
48 Computer-Based Training 7784
49 Consular Invoice 19992
50 Container Depot 10711
51 Container Freight Station 10363
52 Continuous Replenishment 19697
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12196
54 Contract Carrier 7386
55 Contract of Affreightment 11532
56 Control Charts 8049
57 Cost Flow 10392
58 Courier Service 15390
59 CPFR 8323
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11918
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44485
62 Date Code 18502
63 Days of Supply 19994
64 Dead on Arrival 9474
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7409
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8238
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14329
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11091
70 Dispatching 24772
71 Distributed Inventory 8457
72 Distribution Channel Management 35099
73 Distribution Metrics 9296
74 Distribution Planning 24359
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15394
76 Double Marginalization 52983
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22543
78 Dual 5512
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20747
80 Echelon Inventory 26399
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38427
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50118
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7721
84 Efficient Frontier 25702
85 Engineer-to-Order 31949
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16761
87 Erlang B Formula 9460
88 ETD 8430
89 Ex Works 7923
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9927
92 External Growth 10209
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9634
94 Field Services 7817
95 Field Warehouse 10920
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8950
97 Fishbone Diagram 14742
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12455
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8310
101 FOB Destination 13197
102 Forward buying 30390
103 Freight Charge 10511
104 Freight Consolidation 7615
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11887
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29750
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12816
109 Hub 23600
110 Idle Time 8164
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14107
113 Inbound Logistics 13727
114 Interstate System 11115
115 Inventory Costs 54042
116 Inventory in Transit 16701
117 Inventory Management 55204
118 Inventory Planning System 9973
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22484
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43330
 
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