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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) 22659
22 Average Speed of Answer 26361
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22658
24 Batch Production 37655
25 Bill Discounting 14144
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10817
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6921
28 Blanket Release 9757
29 Bonded Warehouse 9853
30 Booking Number 13416
31 Bottleneck 9235
32 Buffer Stock 58341
33 Build to Stock 12718
34 Bullwhip Effect 9290
35 Business Logistics 25111
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12327
37 Capacity Management 39578
38 Capacity Utilization 13781
39 Capital Intensive 8105
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8385
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11850
42 Certified Supplier 8815
43 Channel Effectiveness 8777
44 Co-Destiny 9048
45 Co-managed Inventory 12210
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6622
48 Computer-Based Training 7503
49 Consular Invoice 19340
50 Container Depot 10369
51 Container Freight Station 10129
52 Continuous Replenishment 19209
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11832
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11194
56 Control Charts 7766
57 Cost Flow 10074
58 Courier Service 14892
59 CPFR 8015
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11544
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43391
62 Date Code 17767
63 Days of Supply 19498
64 Dead on Arrival 8948
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7090
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7875
67 Detective Control 8699
68 Devanning 14001
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10616
70 Dispatching 23693
71 Distributed Inventory 8177
72 Distribution Channel Management 34104
73 Distribution Metrics 8739
74 Distribution Planning 23923
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14875
76 Double Marginalization 52248
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22012
78 Dual 5284
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20316
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37974
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48924
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7424
84 Efficient Frontier 25010
85 Engineer-to-Order 31290
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15981
87 Erlang B Formula 9117
88 ETD 8103
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13172
91 Exponential smoothing 9625
92 External Growth 9838
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9222
94 Field Services 7591
95 Field Warehouse 9703
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8459
97 Fishbone Diagram 14328
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26561
99 Flow Through Distribution 12067
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7944
101 FOB Destination 12702
102 Forward buying 29746
103 Freight Charge 10114
104 Freight Consolidation 7342
105 Gantt Chart 8123
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11452
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29213
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23076
110 Idle Time 7877
111 Import/Export License 8499
112 In Bond Shipment 13636
113 Inbound Logistics 13240
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52822
116 Inventory in Transit 16121
117 Inventory Management 53914
118 Inventory Planning System 9599
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21959
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41492
 
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