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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) 22635
22 Average Speed of Answer 26345
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22622
24 Batch Production 37590
25 Bill Discounting 14100
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10797
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6903
28 Blanket Release 9742
29 Bonded Warehouse 9842
30 Booking Number 13395
31 Bottleneck 9210
32 Buffer Stock 58285
33 Build to Stock 12705
34 Bullwhip Effect 9275
35 Business Logistics 25072
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12308
37 Capacity Management 39495
38 Capacity Utilization 13757
39 Capital Intensive 8088
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8360
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11827
42 Certified Supplier 8801
43 Channel Effectiveness 8770
44 Co-Destiny 9038
45 Co-managed Inventory 12188
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6605
48 Computer-Based Training 7484
49 Consular Invoice 19315
50 Container Depot 10350
51 Container Freight Station 10120
52 Continuous Replenishment 19184
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11811
54 Contract Carrier 7196
55 Contract of Affreightment 11179
56 Control Charts 7751
57 Cost Flow 10060
58 Courier Service 14847
59 CPFR 7999
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11528
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43321
62 Date Code 17737
63 Days of Supply 19466
64 Dead on Arrival 8931
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7077
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7856
67 Detective Control 8691
68 Devanning 13988
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10593
70 Dispatching 23642
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34055
73 Distribution Metrics 8718
74 Distribution Planning 23900
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14856
76 Double Marginalization 52196
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21993
78 Dual 5267
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20301
80 Echelon Inventory 25862
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37957
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48865
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7407
84 Efficient Frontier 24975
85 Engineer-to-Order 31259
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15957
87 Erlang B Formula 9099
88 ETD 8087
89 Ex Works 7672
90 Exception Rate 13149
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9825
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9211
94 Field Services 7583
95 Field Warehouse 9688
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14307
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26524
99 Flow Through Distribution 12050
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7926
101 FOB Destination 12682
102 Forward buying 29720
103 Freight Charge 10101
104 Freight Consolidation 7323
105 Gantt Chart 8114
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11421
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29182
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23052
110 Idle Time 7865
111 Import/Export License 8480
112 In Bond Shipment 13614
113 Inbound Logistics 13218
114 Interstate System 10777
115 Inventory Costs 52765
116 Inventory in Transit 16102
117 Inventory Management 53851
118 Inventory Planning System 9585
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21925
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41399
 
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