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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) 22958
22 Average Speed of Answer 26555
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23102
24 Batch Production 38336
25 Bill Discounting 14510
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11214
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7133
28 Blanket Release 10001
29 Bonded Warehouse 10053
30 Booking Number 13770
31 Bottleneck 9505
32 Buffer Stock 59199
33 Build to Stock 12968
34 Bullwhip Effect 9622
35 Business Logistics 25668
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12563
37 Capacity Management 40456
38 Capacity Utilization 14089
39 Capital Intensive 8395
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8720
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12115
42 Certified Supplier 8961
43 Channel Effectiveness 8920
44 Co-Destiny 9288
45 Co-managed Inventory 12512
46 Co-Packers 11756
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6861
48 Computer-Based Training 7685
49 Consular Invoice 19759
50 Container Depot 10600
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19506
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12071
54 Contract Carrier 7315
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7955
57 Cost Flow 10263
58 Courier Service 15218
59 CPFR 8210
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11786
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44121
62 Date Code 18205
63 Days of Supply 19820
64 Dead on Arrival 9274
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8093
67 Detective Control 8901
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10905
70 Dispatching 24479
71 Distributed Inventory 8347
72 Distribution Channel Management 34700
73 Distribution Metrics 9098
74 Distribution Planning 24186
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15200
76 Double Marginalization 52672
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22328
78 Dual 5436
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20593
80 Echelon Inventory 26187
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49686
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7607
84 Efficient Frontier 25451
85 Engineer-to-Order 31718
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16457
87 Erlang B Formula 9336
88 ETD 8322
89 Ex Works 7828
90 Exception Rate 13477
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9465
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10414
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8745
97 Fishbone Diagram 14596
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27004
99 Flow Through Distribution 12300
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
101 FOB Destination 13011
102 Forward buying 30108
103 Freight Charge 10364
104 Freight Consolidation 7518
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11720
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29569
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12670
109 Hub 23406
110 Idle Time 8061
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13935
113 Inbound Logistics 13569
114 Interstate System 10992
115 Inventory Costs 53581
116 Inventory in Transit 16479
117 Inventory Management 54729
118 Inventory Planning System 9822
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22284
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42650
 
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