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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) 22793
22 Average Speed of Answer 26449
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22875
24 Batch Production 37943
25 Bill Discounting 14313
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11006
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7019
28 Blanket Release 9875
29 Bonded Warehouse 9951
30 Booking Number 13583
31 Bottleneck 9353
32 Buffer Stock 58728
33 Build to Stock 12808
34 Bullwhip Effect 9418
35 Business Logistics 25352
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12428
37 Capacity Management 39999
38 Capacity Utilization 13916
39 Capital Intensive 8236
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8539
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11970
42 Certified Supplier 8879
43 Channel Effectiveness 8837
44 Co-Destiny 9150
45 Co-managed Inventory 12317
46 Co-Packers 11641
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6733
48 Computer-Based Training 7583
49 Consular Invoice 19518
50 Container Depot 10481
51 Container Freight Station 10203
52 Continuous Replenishment 19324
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11936
54 Contract Carrier 7255
55 Contract of Affreightment 11290
56 Control Charts 7852
57 Cost Flow 10155
58 Courier Service 15043
59 CPFR 8101
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11648
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43756
62 Date Code 17995
63 Days of Supply 19656
64 Dead on Arrival 9075
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7188
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7980
67 Detective Control 8788
68 Devanning 14100
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10728
70 Dispatching 24072
71 Distributed Inventory 8250
72 Distribution Channel Management 34392
73 Distribution Metrics 8911
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15025
76 Double Marginalization 52409
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22134
78 Dual 5352
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20441
80 Echelon Inventory 25985
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38100
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49267
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25220
85 Engineer-to-Order 31500
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16180
87 Erlang B Formula 9220
88 ETD 8204
89 Ex Works 7744
90 Exception Rate 13305
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9933
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9311
94 Field Services 7655
95 Field Warehouse 9819
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8600
97 Fishbone Diagram 14460
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26772
99 Flow Through Distribution 12167
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8041
101 FOB Destination 12867
102 Forward buying 29883
103 Freight Charge 10206
104 Freight Consolidation 7420
105 Gantt Chart 8199
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11574
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12544
109 Hub 23225
110 Idle Time 7957
111 Import/Export License 8592
112 In Bond Shipment 13754
113 Inbound Logistics 13395
114 Interstate System 10875
115 Inventory Costs 53171
116 Inventory in Transit 16273
117 Inventory Management 54295
118 Inventory Planning System 9682
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22112
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42018
 
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