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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) 23014
22 Average Speed of Answer 26585
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23194
24 Batch Production 38464
25 Bill Discounting 14579
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11264
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7175
28 Blanket Release 10051
29 Bonded Warehouse 10088
30 Booking Number 13847
31 Bottleneck 9558
32 Buffer Stock 59369
33 Build to Stock 13049
34 Bullwhip Effect 9702
35 Business Logistics 25799
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12592
37 Capacity Management 40651
38 Capacity Utilization 14141
39 Capital Intensive 8447
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8781
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12170
42 Certified Supplier 8983
43 Channel Effectiveness 8954
44 Co-Destiny 9327
45 Co-managed Inventory 12597
46 Co-Packers 11806
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6906
48 Computer-Based Training 7712
49 Consular Invoice 19841
50 Container Depot 10631
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19597
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12112
54 Contract Carrier 7336
55 Contract of Affreightment 11443
56 Control Charts 7983
57 Cost Flow 10299
58 Courier Service 15281
59 CPFR 8250
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11830
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44228
62 Date Code 18281
63 Days of Supply 19875
64 Dead on Arrival 9357
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7333
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8142
67 Detective Control 8932
68 Devanning 14240
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10994
70 Dispatching 24579
71 Distributed Inventory 8381
72 Distribution Channel Management 34829
73 Distribution Metrics 9159
74 Distribution Planning 24237
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15258
76 Double Marginalization 52809
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22423
78 Dual 5462
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20644
80 Echelon Inventory 26245
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38302
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49816
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7639
84 Efficient Frontier 25545
85 Engineer-to-Order 31806
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16576
87 Erlang B Formula 9374
88 ETD 8352
89 Ex Works 7857
90 Exception Rate 13529
91 Exponential smoothing 9847
92 External Growth 10109
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9544
94 Field Services 7763
95 Field Warehouse 10578
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8810
97 Fishbone Diagram 14640
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27103
99 Flow Through Distribution 12346
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8204
101 FOB Destination 13072
102 Forward buying 30235
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7553
105 Gantt Chart 8313
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11766
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29627
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12723
109 Hub 23479
110 Idle Time 8094
111 Import/Export License 8749
112 In Bond Shipment 13999
113 Inbound Logistics 13621
114 Interstate System 11033
115 Inventory Costs 53746
116 Inventory in Transit 16569
117 Inventory Management 54914
118 Inventory Planning System 9895
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22342
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42924
 
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