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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) 22942
22 Average Speed of Answer 26544
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23080
24 Batch Production 38295
25 Bill Discounting 14495
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11188
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7124
28 Blanket Release 9985
29 Bonded Warehouse 10042
30 Booking Number 13748
31 Bottleneck 9481
32 Buffer Stock 59161
33 Build to Stock 12907
34 Bullwhip Effect 9555
35 Business Logistics 25596
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12546
37 Capacity Management 40402
38 Capacity Utilization 14071
39 Capital Intensive 8382
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8704
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12100
42 Certified Supplier 8953
43 Channel Effectiveness 8908
44 Co-Destiny 9273
45 Co-managed Inventory 12445
46 Co-Packers 11745
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6841
48 Computer-Based Training 7675
49 Consular Invoice 19729
50 Container Depot 10587
51 Container Freight Station 10262
52 Continuous Replenishment 19443
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12053
54 Contract Carrier 7307
55 Contract of Affreightment 11393
56 Control Charts 7944
57 Cost Flow 10245
58 Courier Service 15200
59 CPFR 8195
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11770
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44082
62 Date Code 18185
63 Days of Supply 19799
64 Dead on Arrival 9211
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7289
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14192
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10841
70 Dispatching 24442
71 Distributed Inventory 8336
72 Distribution Channel Management 34665
73 Distribution Metrics 9083
74 Distribution Planning 24169
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15183
76 Double Marginalization 52605
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22263
78 Dual 5428
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20578
80 Echelon Inventory 26164
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38234
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49631
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7594
84 Efficient Frontier 25430
85 Engineer-to-Order 31700
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16388
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8310
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13457
91 Exponential smoothing 9810
92 External Growth 10049
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9401
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10377
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8735
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26979
99 Flow Through Distribution 12286
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8152
101 FOB Destination 12996
102 Forward buying 30041
103 Freight Charge 10299
104 Freight Consolidation 7509
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11704
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29545
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12656
109 Hub 23384
110 Idle Time 8050
111 Import/Export License 8692
112 In Bond Shipment 13917
113 Inbound Logistics 13551
114 Interstate System 10981
115 Inventory Costs 53545
116 Inventory in Transit 16414
117 Inventory Management 54647
118 Inventory Planning System 9759
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22259
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42588
 
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