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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) 22660
22 Average Speed of Answer 26361
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22659
24 Batch Production 37660
25 Bill Discounting 14144
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10817
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6921
28 Blanket Release 9758
29 Bonded Warehouse 9855
30 Booking Number 13417
31 Bottleneck 9237
32 Buffer Stock 58344
33 Build to Stock 12719
34 Bullwhip Effect 9291
35 Business Logistics 25113
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12327
37 Capacity Management 39585
38 Capacity Utilization 13785
39 Capital Intensive 8106
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8386
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11851
42 Certified Supplier 8816
43 Channel Effectiveness 8777
44 Co-Destiny 9049
45 Co-managed Inventory 12210
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6623
48 Computer-Based Training 7503
49 Consular Invoice 19340
50 Container Depot 10369
51 Container Freight Station 10129
52 Continuous Replenishment 19210
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11832
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11194
56 Control Charts 7768
57 Cost Flow 10075
58 Courier Service 14892
59 CPFR 8016
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11544
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43394
62 Date Code 17767
63 Days of Supply 19500
64 Dead on Arrival 8949
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7090
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7876
67 Detective Control 8701
68 Devanning 14002
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10616
70 Dispatching 23695
71 Distributed Inventory 8177
72 Distribution Channel Management 34106
73 Distribution Metrics 8741
74 Distribution Planning 23924
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14875
76 Double Marginalization 52250
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22013
78 Dual 5284
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20318
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37976
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48930
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7425
84 Efficient Frontier 25010
85 Engineer-to-Order 31290
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15983
87 Erlang B Formula 9119
88 ETD 8103
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13173
91 Exponential smoothing 9627
92 External Growth 9839
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9224
94 Field Services 7592
95 Field Warehouse 9705
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8459
97 Fishbone Diagram 14328
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26562
99 Flow Through Distribution 12068
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7945
101 FOB Destination 12704
102 Forward buying 29747
103 Freight Charge 10115
104 Freight Consolidation 7342
105 Gantt Chart 8123
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11456
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29213
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23076
110 Idle Time 7878
111 Import/Export License 8501
112 In Bond Shipment 13637
113 Inbound Logistics 13242
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52823
116 Inventory in Transit 16122
117 Inventory Management 53919
118 Inventory Planning System 9600
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21959
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41496
 
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