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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) 22847
22 Average Speed of Answer 26484
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22933
24 Batch Production 38051
25 Bill Discounting 14364
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11073
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7056
28 Blanket Release 9910
29 Bonded Warehouse 9982
30 Booking Number 13645
31 Bottleneck 9394
32 Buffer Stock 58873
33 Build to Stock 12843
34 Bullwhip Effect 9459
35 Business Logistics 25426
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12467
37 Capacity Management 40135
38 Capacity Utilization 13963
39 Capital Intensive 8284
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8597
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12014
42 Certified Supplier 8904
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9192
45 Co-managed Inventory 12361
46 Co-Packers 11676
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6770
48 Computer-Based Training 7613
49 Consular Invoice 19583
50 Container Depot 10522
51 Container Freight Station 10217
52 Continuous Replenishment 19367
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11974
54 Contract Carrier 7275
55 Contract of Affreightment 11321
56 Control Charts 7886
57 Cost Flow 10183
58 Courier Service 15096
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11691
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43870
62 Date Code 18063
63 Days of Supply 19694
64 Dead on Arrival 9116
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7221
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8009
67 Detective Control 8825
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10767
70 Dispatching 24218
71 Distributed Inventory 8277
72 Distribution Channel Management 34488
73 Distribution Metrics 8970
74 Distribution Planning 24080
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15083
76 Double Marginalization 52480
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22174
78 Dual 5377
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20486
80 Echelon Inventory 26042
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38148
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49389
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7534
84 Efficient Frontier 25291
85 Engineer-to-Order 31566
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16253
87 Erlang B Formula 9258
88 ETD 8244
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13354
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9967
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7682
95 Field Warehouse 9971
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26836
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
101 FOB Destination 12921
102 Forward buying 29936
103 Freight Charge 10239
104 Freight Consolidation 7450
105 Gantt Chart 8222
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11618
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29420
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12581
109 Hub 23279
110 Idle Time 7984
111 Import/Export License 8625
112 In Bond Shipment 13800
113 Inbound Logistics 13451
114 Interstate System 10913
115 Inventory Costs 53296
116 Inventory in Transit 16313
117 Inventory Management 54431
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22162
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42218
 
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