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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) 23136
22 Average Speed of Answer 26668
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23366
24 Batch Production 38728
25 Bill Discounting 14701
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11385
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7256
28 Blanket Release 10142
29 Bonded Warehouse 10174
30 Booking Number 14005
31 Bottleneck 9681
32 Buffer Stock 59628
33 Build to Stock 13134
34 Bullwhip Effect 9827
35 Business Logistics 26015
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12687
37 Capacity Management 41058
38 Capacity Utilization 14272
39 Capital Intensive 8564
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8918
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12268
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9036
44 Co-Destiny 9421
45 Co-managed Inventory 12704
46 Co-Packers 11897
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6998
48 Computer-Based Training 7785
49 Consular Invoice 19996
50 Container Depot 10713
51 Container Freight Station 10364
52 Continuous Replenishment 19698
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12197
54 Contract Carrier 7387
55 Contract of Affreightment 11532
56 Control Charts 8050
57 Cost Flow 10393
58 Courier Service 15390
59 CPFR 8324
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11920
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44491
62 Date Code 18504
63 Days of Supply 19996
64 Dead on Arrival 9474
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7411
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8240
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14331
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11092
70 Dispatching 24773
71 Distributed Inventory 8459
72 Distribution Channel Management 35102
73 Distribution Metrics 9297
74 Distribution Planning 24360
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15397
76 Double Marginalization 52984
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22544
78 Dual 5514
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20747
80 Echelon Inventory 26401
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38429
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50122
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7723
84 Efficient Frontier 25703
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16766
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8431
89 Ex Works 7924
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9929
92 External Growth 10210
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9636
94 Field Services 7817
95 Field Warehouse 10925
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8950
97 Fishbone Diagram 14743
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27294
99 Flow Through Distribution 12457
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
101 FOB Destination 13198
102 Forward buying 30391
103 Freight Charge 10512
104 Freight Consolidation 7616
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11890
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29750
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12817
109 Hub 23604
110 Idle Time 8165
111 Import/Export License 8834
112 In Bond Shipment 14109
113 Inbound Logistics 13729
114 Interstate System 11117
115 Inventory Costs 54044
116 Inventory in Transit 16702
117 Inventory Management 55207
118 Inventory Planning System 9975
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22485
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43339
 
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