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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) 22929
22 Average Speed of Answer 26532
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23055
24 Batch Production 38270
25 Bill Discounting 14474
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11162
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7115
28 Blanket Release 9975
29 Bonded Warehouse 10035
30 Booking Number 13731
31 Bottleneck 9467
32 Buffer Stock 59132
33 Build to Stock 12894
34 Bullwhip Effect 9543
35 Business Logistics 25575
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12535
37 Capacity Management 40372
38 Capacity Utilization 14057
39 Capital Intensive 8367
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8687
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12086
42 Certified Supplier 8943
43 Channel Effectiveness 8899
44 Co-Destiny 9261
45 Co-managed Inventory 12432
46 Co-Packers 11734
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6827
48 Computer-Based Training 7664
49 Consular Invoice 19702
50 Container Depot 10577
51 Container Freight Station 10253
52 Continuous Replenishment 19430
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12037
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11380
56 Control Charts 7931
57 Cost Flow 10233
58 Courier Service 15183
59 CPFR 8184
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11758
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44054
62 Date Code 18165
63 Days of Supply 19785
64 Dead on Arrival 9202
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7276
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8072
67 Detective Control 8879
68 Devanning 14179
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10830
70 Dispatching 24411
71 Distributed Inventory 8322
72 Distribution Channel Management 34643
73 Distribution Metrics 9065
74 Distribution Planning 24156
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15167
76 Double Marginalization 52594
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22249
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20565
80 Echelon Inventory 26151
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38216
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49595
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7581
84 Efficient Frontier 25408
85 Engineer-to-Order 31682
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16370
87 Erlang B Formula 9315
88 ETD 8301
89 Ex Works 7810
90 Exception Rate 13439
91 Exponential smoothing 9801
92 External Growth 10033
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9396
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10328
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8721
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26954
99 Flow Through Distribution 12278
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
101 FOB Destination 12983
102 Forward buying 30027
103 Freight Charge 10291
104 Freight Consolidation 7497
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11691
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29524
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12646
109 Hub 23368
110 Idle Time 8037
111 Import/Export License 8680
112 In Bond Shipment 13896
113 Inbound Logistics 13542
114 Interstate System 10971
115 Inventory Costs 53489
116 Inventory in Transit 16399
117 Inventory Management 54611
118 Inventory Planning System 9752
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22247
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42534
 
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