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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) 23080
22 Average Speed of Answer 26628
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23286
24 Batch Production 38596
25 Bill Discounting 14651
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11334
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7222
28 Blanket Release 10101
29 Bonded Warehouse 10133
30 Booking Number 13919
31 Bottleneck 9624
32 Buffer Stock 59523
33 Build to Stock 13093
34 Bullwhip Effect 9770
35 Business Logistics 25904
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12646
37 Capacity Management 40877
38 Capacity Utilization 14208
39 Capital Intensive 8516
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8860
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12222
42 Certified Supplier 9023
43 Channel Effectiveness 9000
44 Co-Destiny 9376
45 Co-managed Inventory 12651
46 Co-Packers 11853
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6958
48 Computer-Based Training 7756
49 Consular Invoice 19935
50 Container Depot 10676
51 Container Freight Station 10331
52 Continuous Replenishment 19652
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12159
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11486
56 Control Charts 8023
57 Cost Flow 10357
58 Courier Service 15345
59 CPFR 8287
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11885
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44358
62 Date Code 18378
63 Days of Supply 19944
64 Dead on Arrival 9425
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7378
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8196
67 Detective Control 8985
68 Devanning 14293
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11051
70 Dispatching 24687
71 Distributed Inventory 8429
72 Distribution Channel Management 34992
73 Distribution Metrics 9238
74 Distribution Planning 24302
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15337
76 Double Marginalization 52900
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22486
78 Dual 5489
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20707
80 Echelon Inventory 26310
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38363
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49983
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7686
84 Efficient Frontier 25622
85 Engineer-to-Order 31882
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16673
87 Erlang B Formula 9420
88 ETD 8395
89 Ex Works 7887
90 Exception Rate 13598
91 Exponential smoothing 9892
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9593
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10757
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8888
97 Fishbone Diagram 14694
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27209
99 Flow Through Distribution 12404
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8263
101 FOB Destination 13146
102 Forward buying 30331
103 Freight Charge 10481
104 Freight Consolidation 7593
105 Gantt Chart 8346
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11828
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29698
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12773
109 Hub 23556
110 Idle Time 8137
111 Import/Export License 8803
112 In Bond Shipment 14069
113 Inbound Logistics 13682
114 Interstate System 11085
115 Inventory Costs 53932
116 Inventory in Transit 16636
117 Inventory Management 55070
118 Inventory Planning System 9941
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22412
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43161
 
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