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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) 22932
22 Average Speed of Answer 26535
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23061
24 Batch Production 38281
25 Bill Discounting 14485
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11170
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7117
28 Blanket Release 9980
29 Bonded Warehouse 10038
30 Booking Number 13736
31 Bottleneck 9472
32 Buffer Stock 59145
33 Build to Stock 12903
34 Bullwhip Effect 9548
35 Business Logistics 25584
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12540
37 Capacity Management 40389
38 Capacity Utilization 14063
39 Capital Intensive 8373
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8696
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12089
42 Certified Supplier 8947
43 Channel Effectiveness 8901
44 Co-Destiny 9266
45 Co-managed Inventory 12436
46 Co-Packers 11738
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6832
48 Computer-Based Training 7667
49 Consular Invoice 19710
50 Container Depot 10581
51 Container Freight Station 10257
52 Continuous Replenishment 19435
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12043
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11387
56 Control Charts 7936
57 Cost Flow 10237
58 Courier Service 15191
59 CPFR 8191
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11764
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44068
62 Date Code 18178
63 Days of Supply 19790
64 Dead on Arrival 9206
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8079
67 Detective Control 8881
68 Devanning 14187
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10834
70 Dispatching 24425
71 Distributed Inventory 8328
72 Distribution Channel Management 34652
73 Distribution Metrics 9075
74 Distribution Planning 24160
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15173
76 Double Marginalization 52598
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5422
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20572
80 Echelon Inventory 26157
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38222
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49607
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7587
84 Efficient Frontier 25419
85 Engineer-to-Order 31690
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16378
87 Erlang B Formula 9322
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7813
90 Exception Rate 13445
91 Exponential smoothing 9806
92 External Growth 10037
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9398
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10353
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8728
97 Fishbone Diagram 14574
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26966
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8142
101 FOB Destination 12989
102 Forward buying 30036
103 Freight Charge 10295
104 Freight Consolidation 7501
105 Gantt Chart 8268
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11696
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29534
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12649
109 Hub 23377
110 Idle Time 8043
111 Import/Export License 8685
112 In Bond Shipment 13905
113 Inbound Logistics 13545
114 Interstate System 10977
115 Inventory Costs 53512
116 Inventory in Transit 16405
117 Inventory Management 54627
118 Inventory Planning System 9754
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22252
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42558
 
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