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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) 22904
22 Average Speed of Answer 26511
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23010
24 Batch Production 38207
25 Bill Discounting 14429
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11130
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7094
28 Blanket Release 9954
29 Bonded Warehouse 10018
30 Booking Number 13696
31 Bottleneck 9442
32 Buffer Stock 59056
33 Build to Stock 12878
34 Bullwhip Effect 9508
35 Business Logistics 25519
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12508
37 Capacity Management 40294
38 Capacity Utilization 14021
39 Capital Intensive 8337
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8644
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12057
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8883
44 Co-Destiny 9233
45 Co-managed Inventory 12403
46 Co-Packers 11711
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6802
48 Computer-Based Training 7646
49 Consular Invoice 19662
50 Container Depot 10557
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19408
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12016
54 Contract Carrier 7293
55 Contract of Affreightment 11357
56 Control Charts 7913
57 Cost Flow 10215
58 Courier Service 15155
59 CPFR 8167
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11728
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43994
62 Date Code 18124
63 Days of Supply 19751
64 Dead on Arrival 9172
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7258
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8052
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14165
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10812
70 Dispatching 24346
71 Distributed Inventory 8303
72 Distribution Channel Management 34572
73 Distribution Metrics 9028
74 Distribution Planning 24130
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15136
76 Double Marginalization 52552
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22221
78 Dual 5403
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20532
80 Echelon Inventory 26110
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38193
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49507
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7565
84 Efficient Frontier 25365
85 Engineer-to-Order 31637
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16321
87 Erlang B Formula 9297
88 ETD 8277
89 Ex Works 7792
90 Exception Rate 13409
91 Exponential smoothing 9779
92 External Growth 10012
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10201
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8696
97 Fishbone Diagram 14546
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26909
99 Flow Through Distribution 12252
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12960
102 Forward buying 29992
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7484
105 Gantt Chart 8249
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29487
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23335
110 Idle Time 8014
111 Import/Export License 8661
112 In Bond Shipment 13861
113 Inbound Logistics 13505
114 Interstate System 10950
115 Inventory Costs 53408
116 Inventory in Transit 16364
117 Inventory Management 54545
118 Inventory Planning System 9736
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22221
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42428
 
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