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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) 23156
22 Average Speed of Answer 26687
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23393
24 Batch Production 38771
25 Bill Discounting 14724
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11411
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7273
28 Blanket Release 10156
29 Bonded Warehouse 10191
30 Booking Number 14041
31 Bottleneck 9698
32 Buffer Stock 59665
33 Build to Stock 13146
34 Bullwhip Effect 9857
35 Business Logistics 26041
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12705
37 Capacity Management 41121
38 Capacity Utilization 14297
39 Capital Intensive 8580
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8941
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12288
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9052
44 Co-Destiny 9435
45 Co-managed Inventory 12724
46 Co-Packers 11914
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7013
48 Computer-Based Training 7799
49 Consular Invoice 20027
50 Container Depot 10725
51 Container Freight Station 10378
52 Continuous Replenishment 19718
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12210
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10414
58 Courier Service 15412
59 CPFR 8338
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11944
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44541
62 Date Code 18530
63 Days of Supply 20016
64 Dead on Arrival 9498
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7426
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8254
67 Detective Control 9052
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11118
70 Dispatching 24810
71 Distributed Inventory 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35140
73 Distribution Metrics 9326
74 Distribution Planning 24382
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15417
76 Double Marginalization 53020
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22567
78 Dual 5531
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20762
80 Echelon Inventory 26437
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38449
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50175
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25732
85 Engineer-to-Order 31977
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16803
87 Erlang B Formula 9471
88 ETD 8448
89 Ex Works 7933
90 Exception Rate 13672
91 Exponential smoothing 9938
92 External Growth 10234
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9660
94 Field Services 7830
95 Field Warehouse 10991
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8978
97 Fishbone Diagram 14764
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27336
99 Flow Through Distribution 12477
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8328
101 FOB Destination 13220
102 Forward buying 30414
103 Freight Charge 10525
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8381
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11912
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29768
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12836
109 Hub 23634
110 Idle Time 8184
111 Import/Export License 8850
112 In Bond Shipment 14129
113 Inbound Logistics 13753
114 Interstate System 11135
115 Inventory Costs 54090
116 Inventory in Transit 16736
117 Inventory Management 55266
118 Inventory Planning System 9994
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22512
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43422
 
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