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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) 22867
22 Average Speed of Answer 26494
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22964
24 Batch Production 38123
25 Bill Discounting 14388
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11101
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7066
28 Blanket Release 9928
29 Bonded Warehouse 9995
30 Booking Number 13660
31 Bottleneck 9418
32 Buffer Stock 58955
33 Build to Stock 12857
34 Bullwhip Effect 9482
35 Business Logistics 25466
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12481
37 Capacity Management 40197
38 Capacity Utilization 13985
39 Capital Intensive 8304
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8616
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12028
42 Certified Supplier 8915
43 Channel Effectiveness 8868
44 Co-Destiny 9206
45 Co-managed Inventory 12378
46 Co-Packers 11687
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6783
48 Computer-Based Training 7626
49 Consular Invoice 19611
50 Container Depot 10534
51 Container Freight Station 10224
52 Continuous Replenishment 19383
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11991
54 Contract Carrier 7284
55 Contract of Affreightment 11335
56 Control Charts 7895
57 Cost Flow 10193
58 Courier Service 15115
59 CPFR 8148
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11704
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43926
62 Date Code 18080
63 Days of Supply 19716
64 Dead on Arrival 9137
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7236
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8025
67 Detective Control 8841
68 Devanning 14142
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10783
70 Dispatching 24275
71 Distributed Inventory 8288
72 Distribution Channel Management 34520
73 Distribution Metrics 8993
74 Distribution Planning 24098
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15101
76 Double Marginalization 52505
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22192
78 Dual 5385
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20505
80 Echelon Inventory 26071
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38166
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49444
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7544
84 Efficient Frontier 25315
85 Engineer-to-Order 31592
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16274
87 Erlang B Formula 9271
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7780
90 Exception Rate 13378
91 Exponential smoothing 9761
92 External Growth 9988
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9355
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10067
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8669
97 Fishbone Diagram 14519
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26864
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8090
101 FOB Destination 12940
102 Forward buying 29957
103 Freight Charge 10251
104 Freight Consolidation 7465
105 Gantt Chart 8228
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11637
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29452
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12601
109 Hub 23299
110 Idle Time 7995
111 Import/Export License 8642
112 In Bond Shipment 13821
113 Inbound Logistics 13471
114 Interstate System 10927
115 Inventory Costs 53344
116 Inventory in Transit 16330
117 Inventory Management 54476
118 Inventory Planning System 9720
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22187
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42303
 
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