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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) 22818
22 Average Speed of Answer 26466
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22903
24 Batch Production 37996
25 Bill Discounting 14333
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11044
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7038
28 Blanket Release 9894
29 Bonded Warehouse 9965
30 Booking Number 13612
31 Bottleneck 9375
32 Buffer Stock 58795
33 Build to Stock 12826
34 Bullwhip Effect 9438
35 Business Logistics 25384
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12447
37 Capacity Management 40074
38 Capacity Utilization 13940
39 Capital Intensive 8262
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8567
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11990
42 Certified Supplier 8892
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9170
45 Co-managed Inventory 12339
46 Co-Packers 11659
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6749
48 Computer-Based Training 7596
49 Consular Invoice 19549
50 Container Depot 10506
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19347
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11953
54 Contract Carrier 7263
55 Contract of Affreightment 11305
56 Control Charts 7868
57 Cost Flow 10171
58 Courier Service 15071
59 CPFR 8120
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11667
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43808
62 Date Code 18029
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9092
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7208
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7994
67 Detective Control 8806
68 Devanning 14115
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10744
70 Dispatching 24156
71 Distributed Inventory 8260
72 Distribution Channel Management 34434
73 Distribution Metrics 8938
74 Distribution Planning 24060
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15054
76 Double Marginalization 52440
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22156
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20463
80 Echelon Inventory 26014
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38123
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49328
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7517
84 Efficient Frontier 25259
85 Engineer-to-Order 31529
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16216
87 Erlang B Formula 9238
88 ETD 8221
89 Ex Works 7758
90 Exception Rate 13326
91 Exponential smoothing 9736
92 External Growth 9950
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9329
94 Field Services 7667
95 Field Warehouse 9876
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8624
97 Fishbone Diagram 14487
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26804
99 Flow Through Distribution 12190
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8058
101 FOB Destination 12893
102 Forward buying 29905
103 Freight Charge 10226
104 Freight Consolidation 7437
105 Gantt Chart 8210
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11595
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29388
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12564
109 Hub 23251
110 Idle Time 7972
111 Import/Export License 8609
112 In Bond Shipment 13775
113 Inbound Logistics 13424
114 Interstate System 10894
115 Inventory Costs 53227
116 Inventory in Transit 16292
117 Inventory Management 54360
118 Inventory Planning System 9698
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22134
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42121
 
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