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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) 22917
22 Average Speed of Answer 26524
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23035
24 Batch Production 38244
25 Bill Discounting 14455
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11148
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7106
28 Blanket Release 9965
29 Bonded Warehouse 10028
30 Booking Number 13713
31 Bottleneck 9453
32 Buffer Stock 59107
33 Build to Stock 12887
34 Bullwhip Effect 9532
35 Business Logistics 25552
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12526
37 Capacity Management 40337
38 Capacity Utilization 14044
39 Capital Intensive 8354
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8668
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12071
42 Certified Supplier 8935
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9248
45 Co-managed Inventory 12417
46 Co-Packers 11723
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6817
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19689
50 Container Depot 10567
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19419
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12030
54 Contract Carrier 7297
55 Contract of Affreightment 11373
56 Control Charts 7924
57 Cost Flow 10223
58 Courier Service 15173
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11746
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44025
62 Date Code 18147
63 Days of Supply 19768
64 Dead on Arrival 9187
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7272
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8064
67 Detective Control 8871
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10821
70 Dispatching 24387
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34617
73 Distribution Metrics 9049
74 Distribution Planning 24144
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15158
76 Double Marginalization 52574
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22237
78 Dual 5411
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20553
80 Echelon Inventory 26131
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38205
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49554
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7574
84 Efficient Frontier 25389
85 Engineer-to-Order 31657
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16348
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8289
89 Ex Works 7803
90 Exception Rate 13428
91 Exponential smoothing 9789
92 External Growth 10023
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9385
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10282
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8708
97 Fishbone Diagram 14559
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26936
99 Flow Through Distribution 12265
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8130
101 FOB Destination 12976
102 Forward buying 30016
103 Freight Charge 10280
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8258
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11679
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29507
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12634
109 Hub 23353
110 Idle Time 8026
111 Import/Export License 8671
112 In Bond Shipment 13883
113 Inbound Logistics 13522
114 Interstate System 10961
115 Inventory Costs 53455
116 Inventory in Transit 16383
117 Inventory Management 54584
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22237
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42488
 
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