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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) 22640
22 Average Speed of Answer 26351
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22634
24 Batch Production 37609
25 Bill Discounting 14110
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10805
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6908
28 Blanket Release 9747
29 Bonded Warehouse 9844
30 Booking Number 13402
31 Bottleneck 9218
32 Buffer Stock 58308
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9281
35 Business Logistics 25091
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12314
37 Capacity Management 39519
38 Capacity Utilization 13765
39 Capital Intensive 8094
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8371
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11834
42 Certified Supplier 8805
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9042
45 Co-managed Inventory 12196
46 Co-Packers 11547
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6608
48 Computer-Based Training 7490
49 Consular Invoice 19329
50 Container Depot 10356
51 Container Freight Station 10122
52 Continuous Replenishment 19194
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11815
54 Contract Carrier 7199
55 Contract of Affreightment 11183
56 Control Charts 7756
57 Cost Flow 10064
58 Courier Service 14861
59 CPFR 8004
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11532
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43347
62 Date Code 17749
63 Days of Supply 19484
64 Dead on Arrival 8934
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7083
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7866
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13993
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10603
70 Dispatching 23655
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34075
73 Distribution Metrics 8723
74 Distribution Planning 23907
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14864
76 Double Marginalization 52216
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21998
78 Dual 5271
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20304
80 Echelon Inventory 25867
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37963
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48890
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7412
84 Efficient Frontier 24987
85 Engineer-to-Order 31271
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15970
87 Erlang B Formula 9103
88 ETD 8093
89 Ex Works 7677
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9616
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9214
94 Field Services 7585
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8438
97 Fishbone Diagram 14311
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26541
99 Flow Through Distribution 12054
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7930
101 FOB Destination 12691
102 Forward buying 29733
103 Freight Charge 10106
104 Freight Consolidation 7331
105 Gantt Chart 8120
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11429
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29193
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23062
110 Idle Time 7870
111 Import/Export License 8489
112 In Bond Shipment 13624
113 Inbound Logistics 13226
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52786
116 Inventory in Transit 16109
117 Inventory Management 53875
118 Inventory Planning System 9590
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21938
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41432
 
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