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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) 23157
22 Average Speed of Answer 26687
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23397
24 Batch Production 38773
25 Bill Discounting 14726
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11412
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7275
28 Blanket Release 10156
29 Bonded Warehouse 10192
30 Booking Number 14043
31 Bottleneck 9701
32 Buffer Stock 59668
33 Build to Stock 13147
34 Bullwhip Effect 9858
35 Business Logistics 26042
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12707
37 Capacity Management 41126
38 Capacity Utilization 14300
39 Capital Intensive 8581
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8941
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12292
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9054
44 Co-Destiny 9436
45 Co-managed Inventory 12725
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7015
48 Computer-Based Training 7802
49 Consular Invoice 20031
50 Container Depot 10728
51 Container Freight Station 10380
52 Continuous Replenishment 19720
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12210
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10416
58 Courier Service 15413
59 CPFR 8339
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11946
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44543
62 Date Code 18533
63 Days of Supply 20017
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7428
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8255
67 Detective Control 9054
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11119
70 Dispatching 24814
71 Distributed Inventory 8471
72 Distribution Channel Management 35143
73 Distribution Metrics 9329
74 Distribution Planning 24383
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15418
76 Double Marginalization 53023
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22570
78 Dual 5532
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20765
80 Echelon Inventory 26442
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38453
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50179
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25735
85 Engineer-to-Order 31978
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16806
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8449
89 Ex Works 7934
90 Exception Rate 13674
91 Exponential smoothing 9940
92 External Growth 10235
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9662
94 Field Services 7831
95 Field Warehouse 11000
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8980
97 Fishbone Diagram 14765
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27339
99 Flow Through Distribution 12478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8332
101 FOB Destination 13220
102 Forward buying 30418
103 Freight Charge 10525
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8383
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11916
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29769
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12838
109 Hub 23638
110 Idle Time 8185
111 Import/Export License 8851
112 In Bond Shipment 14130
113 Inbound Logistics 13754
114 Interstate System 11135
115 Inventory Costs 54093
116 Inventory in Transit 16738
117 Inventory Management 55273
118 Inventory Planning System 9995
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22513
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43430
 
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