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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) 23128
22 Average Speed of Answer 26660
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23341
24 Batch Production 38693
25 Bill Discounting 14690
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11368
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7244
28 Blanket Release 10135
29 Bonded Warehouse 10165
30 Booking Number 13985
31 Bottleneck 9673
32 Buffer Stock 59600
33 Build to Stock 13124
34 Bullwhip Effect 9814
35 Business Logistics 25991
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12679
37 Capacity Management 41014
38 Capacity Utilization 14255
39 Capital Intensive 8556
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8903
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12258
42 Certified Supplier 9047
43 Channel Effectiveness 9030
44 Co-Destiny 9409
45 Co-managed Inventory 12690
46 Co-Packers 11884
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6986
48 Computer-Based Training 7780
49 Consular Invoice 19974
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19687
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12189
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11521
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10385
58 Courier Service 15383
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44449
62 Date Code 18476
63 Days of Supply 19983
64 Dead on Arrival 9467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7402
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8229
67 Detective Control 9018
68 Devanning 14325
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11084
70 Dispatching 24751
71 Distributed Inventory 8454
72 Distribution Channel Management 35078
73 Distribution Metrics 9284
74 Distribution Planning 24352
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15387
76 Double Marginalization 52969
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22533
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20738
80 Echelon Inventory 26374
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38407
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50085
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7716
84 Efficient Frontier 25681
85 Engineer-to-Order 31936
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16741
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8422
89 Ex Works 7916
90 Exception Rate 13644
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9626
94 Field Services 7811
95 Field Warehouse 10891
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8937
97 Fishbone Diagram 14731
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27278
99 Flow Through Distribution 12444
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8298
101 FOB Destination 13178
102 Forward buying 30373
103 Freight Charge 10503
104 Freight Consolidation 7611
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11872
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29736
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12803
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8159
111 Import/Export License 8826
112 In Bond Shipment 14095
113 Inbound Logistics 13715
114 Interstate System 11110
115 Inventory Costs 54018
116 Inventory in Transit 16687
117 Inventory Management 55174
118 Inventory Planning System 9965
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22470
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43278
 
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