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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) 22796
22 Average Speed of Answer 26450
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22879
24 Batch Production 37954
25 Bill Discounting 14316
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11013
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7022
28 Blanket Release 9877
29 Bonded Warehouse 9952
30 Booking Number 13588
31 Bottleneck 9357
32 Buffer Stock 58738
33 Build to Stock 12813
34 Bullwhip Effect 9422
35 Business Logistics 25359
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12431
37 Capacity Management 40006
38 Capacity Utilization 13919
39 Capital Intensive 8242
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8545
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11973
42 Certified Supplier 8881
43 Channel Effectiveness 8840
44 Co-Destiny 9153
45 Co-managed Inventory 12321
46 Co-Packers 11644
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6735
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19526
50 Container Depot 10484
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19327
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11939
54 Contract Carrier 7257
55 Contract of Affreightment 11295
56 Control Charts 7855
57 Cost Flow 10158
58 Courier Service 15047
59 CPFR 8104
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11651
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43765
62 Date Code 18000
63 Days of Supply 19662
64 Dead on Arrival 9079
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7194
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7982
67 Detective Control 8791
68 Devanning 14103
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10732
70 Dispatching 24084
71 Distributed Inventory 8252
72 Distribution Channel Management 34398
73 Distribution Metrics 8914
74 Distribution Planning 24044
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15029
76 Double Marginalization 52414
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22138
78 Dual 5356
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20445
80 Echelon Inventory 25992
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38106
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49275
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25225
85 Engineer-to-Order 31503
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16187
87 Erlang B Formula 9222
88 ETD 8207
89 Ex Works 7747
90 Exception Rate 13311
91 Exponential smoothing 9726
92 External Growth 9937
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9314
94 Field Services 7657
95 Field Warehouse 9826
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8605
97 Fishbone Diagram 14467
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26779
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
101 FOB Destination 12872
102 Forward buying 29889
103 Freight Charge 10210
104 Freight Consolidation 7425
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11577
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12549
109 Hub 23229
110 Idle Time 7959
111 Import/Export License 8596
112 In Bond Shipment 13757
113 Inbound Logistics 13400
114 Interstate System 10878
115 Inventory Costs 53180
116 Inventory in Transit 16277
117 Inventory Management 54304
118 Inventory Planning System 9683
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22115
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42029
 
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