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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) 22914
22 Average Speed of Answer 26520
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23027
24 Batch Production 38239
25 Bill Discounting 14448
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11140
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7105
28 Blanket Release 9963
29 Bonded Warehouse 10026
30 Booking Number 13712
31 Bottleneck 9452
32 Buffer Stock 59099
33 Build to Stock 12884
34 Bullwhip Effect 9525
35 Business Logistics 25546
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12524
37 Capacity Management 40327
38 Capacity Utilization 14038
39 Capital Intensive 8352
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8663
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12066
42 Certified Supplier 8934
43 Channel Effectiveness 8893
44 Co-Destiny 9246
45 Co-managed Inventory 12413
46 Co-Packers 11720
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6814
48 Computer-Based Training 7657
49 Consular Invoice 19686
50 Container Depot 10565
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19415
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12026
54 Contract Carrier 7295
55 Contract of Affreightment 11372
56 Control Charts 7922
57 Cost Flow 10221
58 Courier Service 15171
59 CPFR 8178
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11738
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44019
62 Date Code 18142
63 Days of Supply 19764
64 Dead on Arrival 9184
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7268
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8063
67 Detective Control 8871
68 Devanning 14173
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10818
70 Dispatching 24377
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34604
73 Distribution Metrics 9043
74 Distribution Planning 24140
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15153
76 Double Marginalization 52566
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22233
78 Dual 5409
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20549
80 Echelon Inventory 26127
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38203
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49539
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7572
84 Efficient Frontier 25383
85 Engineer-to-Order 31653
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16341
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8286
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13423
91 Exponential smoothing 9787
92 External Growth 10021
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9381
94 Field Services 7712
95 Field Warehouse 10265
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8706
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26930
99 Flow Through Distribution 12263
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8126
101 FOB Destination 12971
102 Forward buying 30012
103 Freight Charge 10279
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8257
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11675
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29505
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12632
109 Hub 23348
110 Idle Time 8026
111 Import/Export License 8668
112 In Bond Shipment 13879
113 Inbound Logistics 13521
114 Interstate System 10959
115 Inventory Costs 53438
116 Inventory in Transit 16379
117 Inventory Management 54575
118 Inventory Planning System 9745
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22233
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42475
 
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