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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) 22959
22 Average Speed of Answer 26555
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23103
24 Batch Production 38340
25 Bill Discounting 14511
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11215
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7134
28 Blanket Release 10004
29 Bonded Warehouse 10053
30 Booking Number 13770
31 Bottleneck 9508
32 Buffer Stock 59202
33 Build to Stock 12971
34 Bullwhip Effect 9626
35 Business Logistics 25673
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12563
37 Capacity Management 40461
38 Capacity Utilization 14090
39 Capital Intensive 8399
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8721
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12117
42 Certified Supplier 8961
43 Channel Effectiveness 8920
44 Co-Destiny 9289
45 Co-managed Inventory 12517
46 Co-Packers 11758
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6863
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19759
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19511
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12073
54 Contract Carrier 7316
55 Contract of Affreightment 11403
56 Control Charts 7957
57 Cost Flow 10263
58 Courier Service 15218
59 CPFR 8212
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11786
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44123
62 Date Code 18205
63 Days of Supply 19821
64 Dead on Arrival 9278
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8095
67 Detective Control 8901
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10909
70 Dispatching 24482
71 Distributed Inventory 8348
72 Distribution Channel Management 34705
73 Distribution Metrics 9099
74 Distribution Planning 24186
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15202
76 Double Marginalization 52676
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22332
78 Dual 5437
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20594
80 Echelon Inventory 26190
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38248
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49688
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7609
84 Efficient Frontier 25452
85 Engineer-to-Order 31719
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16461
87 Erlang B Formula 9339
88 ETD 8324
89 Ex Works 7828
90 Exception Rate 13478
91 Exponential smoothing 9822
92 External Growth 10062
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9469
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10418
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8747
97 Fishbone Diagram 14597
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27005
99 Flow Through Distribution 12301
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
101 FOB Destination 13014
102 Forward buying 30112
103 Freight Charge 10367
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11721
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29572
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12670
109 Hub 23407
110 Idle Time 8061
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13936
113 Inbound Logistics 13569
114 Interstate System 10994
115 Inventory Costs 53586
116 Inventory in Transit 16483
117 Inventory Management 54734
118 Inventory Planning System 9826
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22284
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42656
 
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