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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) 22919
22 Average Speed of Answer 26525
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23040
24 Batch Production 38248
25 Bill Discounting 14459
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11149
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7107
28 Blanket Release 9966
29 Bonded Warehouse 10029
30 Booking Number 13715
31 Bottleneck 9455
32 Buffer Stock 59110
33 Build to Stock 12889
34 Bullwhip Effect 9535
35 Business Logistics 25558
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12528
37 Capacity Management 40343
38 Capacity Utilization 14046
39 Capital Intensive 8355
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8672
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12075
42 Certified Supplier 8936
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9251
45 Co-managed Inventory 12419
46 Co-Packers 11725
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6819
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19691
50 Container Depot 10568
51 Container Freight Station 10248
52 Continuous Replenishment 19421
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12032
54 Contract Carrier 7297
55 Contract of Affreightment 11374
56 Control Charts 7928
57 Cost Flow 10226
58 Courier Service 15174
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11747
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44033
62 Date Code 18152
63 Days of Supply 19771
64 Dead on Arrival 9188
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7272
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8065
67 Detective Control 8873
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10822
70 Dispatching 24391
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34620
73 Distribution Metrics 9054
74 Distribution Planning 24145
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15159
76 Double Marginalization 52578
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22239
78 Dual 5413
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20557
80 Echelon Inventory 26134
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38207
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49560
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7574
84 Efficient Frontier 25394
85 Engineer-to-Order 31662
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16351
87 Erlang B Formula 9309
88 ETD 8290
89 Ex Works 7803
90 Exception Rate 13431
91 Exponential smoothing 9791
92 External Growth 10025
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9389
94 Field Services 7714
95 Field Warehouse 10291
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8710
97 Fishbone Diagram 14560
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26941
99 Flow Through Distribution 12266
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8131
101 FOB Destination 12977
102 Forward buying 30017
103 Freight Charge 10281
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8259
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11681
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29514
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12636
109 Hub 23356
110 Idle Time 8028
111 Import/Export License 8674
112 In Bond Shipment 13884
113 Inbound Logistics 13528
114 Interstate System 10962
115 Inventory Costs 53462
116 Inventory in Transit 16385
117 Inventory Management 54589
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22241
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42497
 
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