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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) 23153
22 Average Speed of Answer 26685
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23386
24 Batch Production 38759
25 Bill Discounting 14721
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11405
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7270
28 Blanket Release 10153
29 Bonded Warehouse 10186
30 Booking Number 14035
31 Bottleneck 9693
32 Buffer Stock 59655
33 Build to Stock 13143
34 Bullwhip Effect 9849
35 Business Logistics 26028
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12704
37 Capacity Management 41101
38 Capacity Utilization 14289
39 Capital Intensive 8578
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8937
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12285
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9050
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11911
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7009
48 Computer-Based Training 7794
49 Consular Invoice 20021
50 Container Depot 10723
51 Container Freight Station 10376
52 Continuous Replenishment 19716
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7394
55 Contract of Affreightment 11547
56 Control Charts 8061
57 Cost Flow 10410
58 Courier Service 15409
59 CPFR 8336
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11940
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44530
62 Date Code 18522
63 Days of Supply 20012
64 Dead on Arrival 9491
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7423
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8248
67 Detective Control 9045
68 Devanning 14346
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11111
70 Dispatching 24803
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35131
73 Distribution Metrics 9322
74 Distribution Planning 24380
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15412
76 Double Marginalization 53012
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22565
78 Dual 5527
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20759
80 Echelon Inventory 26431
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38444
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50160
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7734
84 Efficient Frontier 25728
85 Engineer-to-Order 31970
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16797
87 Erlang B Formula 9468
88 ETD 8445
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13668
91 Exponential smoothing 9937
92 External Growth 10228
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9656
94 Field Services 7828
95 Field Warehouse 10970
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8970
97 Fishbone Diagram 14761
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27326
99 Flow Through Distribution 12473
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
101 FOB Destination 13214
102 Forward buying 30408
103 Freight Charge 10519
104 Freight Consolidation 7628
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11907
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29765
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12833
109 Hub 23628
110 Idle Time 8179
111 Import/Export License 8845
112 In Bond Shipment 14126
113 Inbound Logistics 13747
114 Interstate System 11132
115 Inventory Costs 54083
116 Inventory in Transit 16724
117 Inventory Management 55253
118 Inventory Planning System 9987
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22504
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43404
 
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