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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) 23146
22 Average Speed of Answer 26678
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23378
24 Batch Production 38750
25 Bill Discounting 14713
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11397
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7267
28 Blanket Release 10151
29 Bonded Warehouse 10182
30 Booking Number 14028
31 Bottleneck 9689
32 Buffer Stock 59646
33 Build to Stock 13140
34 Bullwhip Effect 9846
35 Business Logistics 26022
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12699
37 Capacity Management 41086
38 Capacity Utilization 14282
39 Capital Intensive 8575
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8930
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12281
42 Certified Supplier 9058
43 Channel Effectiveness 9048
44 Co-Destiny 9431
45 Co-managed Inventory 12719
46 Co-Packers 11908
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7006
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20016
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10375
52 Continuous Replenishment 19710
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7393
55 Contract of Affreightment 11544
56 Control Charts 8059
57 Cost Flow 10406
58 Courier Service 15404
59 CPFR 8334
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11935
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44521
62 Date Code 18516
63 Days of Supply 20007
64 Dead on Arrival 9486
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7422
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8246
67 Detective Control 9040
68 Devanning 14343
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11105
70 Dispatching 24792
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35118
73 Distribution Metrics 9314
74 Distribution Planning 24371
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15408
76 Double Marginalization 53006
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22561
78 Dual 5525
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20754
80 Echelon Inventory 26424
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38440
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50149
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7731
84 Efficient Frontier 25719
85 Engineer-to-Order 31962
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16787
87 Erlang B Formula 9466
88 ETD 8442
89 Ex Works 7927
90 Exception Rate 13664
91 Exponential smoothing 9933
92 External Growth 10223
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9649
94 Field Services 7826
95 Field Warehouse 10959
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8962
97 Fishbone Diagram 14757
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27314
99 Flow Through Distribution 12468
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8319
101 FOB Destination 13209
102 Forward buying 30401
103 Freight Charge 10516
104 Freight Consolidation 7624
105 Gantt Chart 8377
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11903
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29761
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12829
109 Hub 23622
110 Idle Time 8177
111 Import/Export License 8840
112 In Bond Shipment 14119
113 Inbound Logistics 13743
114 Interstate System 11128
115 Inventory Costs 54068
116 Inventory in Transit 16717
117 Inventory Management 55239
118 Inventory Planning System 9984
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22495
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43383
 
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