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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) 22633
22 Average Speed of Answer 26343
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22614
24 Batch Production 37587
25 Bill Discounting 14098
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10796
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6902
28 Blanket Release 9740
29 Bonded Warehouse 9841
30 Booking Number 13392
31 Bottleneck 9206
32 Buffer Stock 58278
33 Build to Stock 12704
34 Bullwhip Effect 9272
35 Business Logistics 25066
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12306
37 Capacity Management 39489
38 Capacity Utilization 13756
39 Capital Intensive 8084
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8357
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11826
42 Certified Supplier 8800
43 Channel Effectiveness 8769
44 Co-Destiny 9037
45 Co-managed Inventory 12186
46 Co-Packers 11540
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6604
48 Computer-Based Training 7481
49 Consular Invoice 19314
50 Container Depot 10347
51 Container Freight Station 10118
52 Continuous Replenishment 19180
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11809
54 Contract Carrier 7195
55 Contract of Affreightment 11177
56 Control Charts 7749
57 Cost Flow 10057
58 Courier Service 14845
59 CPFR 7996
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11527
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43316
62 Date Code 17735
63 Days of Supply 19462
64 Dead on Arrival 8927
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7076
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7855
67 Detective Control 8690
68 Devanning 13986
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10592
70 Dispatching 23637
71 Distributed Inventory 8166
72 Distribution Channel Management 34051
73 Distribution Metrics 8715
74 Distribution Planning 23899
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14852
76 Double Marginalization 52192
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21989
78 Dual 5264
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20300
80 Echelon Inventory 25859
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37954
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48858
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7405
84 Efficient Frontier 24970
85 Engineer-to-Order 31257
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15952
87 Erlang B Formula 9095
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7671
90 Exception Rate 13144
91 Exponential smoothing 9611
92 External Growth 9822
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9209
94 Field Services 7582
95 Field Warehouse 9687
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8431
97 Fishbone Diagram 14305
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26520
99 Flow Through Distribution 12045
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7924
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29717
103 Freight Charge 10100
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8114
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11419
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29181
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23050
110 Idle Time 7864
111 Import/Export License 8478
112 In Bond Shipment 13614
113 Inbound Logistics 13215
114 Interstate System 10776
115 Inventory Costs 52759
116 Inventory in Transit 16099
117 Inventory Management 53844
118 Inventory Planning System 9582
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21923
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41389
 
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