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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) 23136
22 Average Speed of Answer 26668
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23363
24 Batch Production 38727
25 Bill Discounting 14700
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11384
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7255
28 Blanket Release 10142
29 Bonded Warehouse 10173
30 Booking Number 14002
31 Bottleneck 9680
32 Buffer Stock 59627
33 Build to Stock 13133
34 Bullwhip Effect 9825
35 Business Logistics 26014
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12686
37 Capacity Management 41055
38 Capacity Utilization 14270
39 Capital Intensive 8562
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8917
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12267
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9036
44 Co-Destiny 9420
45 Co-managed Inventory 12702
46 Co-Packers 11896
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6997
48 Computer-Based Training 7784
49 Consular Invoice 19994
50 Container Depot 10711
51 Container Freight Station 10363
52 Continuous Replenishment 19698
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12196
54 Contract Carrier 7386
55 Contract of Affreightment 11532
56 Control Charts 8050
57 Cost Flow 10392
58 Courier Service 15390
59 CPFR 8324
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11920
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44486
62 Date Code 18503
63 Days of Supply 19995
64 Dead on Arrival 9474
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7410
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8238
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14330
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11092
70 Dispatching 24772
71 Distributed Inventory 8458
72 Distribution Channel Management 35100
73 Distribution Metrics 9297
74 Distribution Planning 24360
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15395
76 Double Marginalization 52983
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22543
78 Dual 5514
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20747
80 Echelon Inventory 26400
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38429
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50119
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7721
84 Efficient Frontier 25702
85 Engineer-to-Order 31951
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16764
87 Erlang B Formula 9460
88 ETD 8431
89 Ex Works 7924
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9927
92 External Growth 10209
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9636
94 Field Services 7817
95 Field Warehouse 10922
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8950
97 Fishbone Diagram 14743
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27293
99 Flow Through Distribution 12455
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8310
101 FOB Destination 13198
102 Forward buying 30390
103 Freight Charge 10511
104 Freight Consolidation 7616
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11888
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29750
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12816
109 Hub 23602
110 Idle Time 8165
111 Import/Export License 8833
112 In Bond Shipment 14109
113 Inbound Logistics 13728
114 Interstate System 11117
115 Inventory Costs 54043
116 Inventory in Transit 16702
117 Inventory Management 55205
118 Inventory Planning System 9975
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22485
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43334
 
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