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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) 22579
22 Average Speed of Answer 26310
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22520
24 Batch Production 37443
25 Bill Discounting 14009
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10730
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6863
28 Blanket Release 9697
29 Bonded Warehouse 9789
30 Booking Number 13322
31 Bottleneck 9130
32 Buffer Stock 58096
33 Build to Stock 12645
34 Bullwhip Effect 9210
35 Business Logistics 24954
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12269
37 Capacity Management 39257
38 Capacity Utilization 13679
39 Capital Intensive 8028
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8287
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11770
42 Certified Supplier 8773
43 Channel Effectiveness 8731
44 Co-Destiny 8994
45 Co-managed Inventory 12131
46 Co-Packers 11506
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6558
48 Computer-Based Training 7452
49 Consular Invoice 19221
50 Container Depot 10301
51 Container Freight Station 10084
52 Continuous Replenishment 19137
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11758
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11145
56 Control Charts 7713
57 Cost Flow 10021
58 Courier Service 14756
59 CPFR 7950
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11474
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43146
62 Date Code 17653
63 Days of Supply 19390
64 Dead on Arrival 8862
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7047
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7809
67 Detective Control 8664
68 Devanning 13944
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10546
70 Dispatching 23509
71 Distributed Inventory 8137
72 Distribution Channel Management 33917
73 Distribution Metrics 8644
74 Distribution Planning 23837
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14786
76 Double Marginalization 52092
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21941
78 Dual 5221
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20266
80 Echelon Inventory 25807
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37895
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48684
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7369
84 Efficient Frontier 24871
85 Engineer-to-Order 31180
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15842
87 Erlang B Formula 9043
88 ETD 8050
89 Ex Works 7648
90 Exception Rate 13081
91 Exponential smoothing 9573
92 External Growth 9781
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9169
94 Field Services 7563
95 Field Warehouse 9640
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8362
97 Fishbone Diagram 14254
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26443
99 Flow Through Distribution 11991
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7880
101 FOB Destination 12624
102 Forward buying 29650
103 Freight Charge 10059
104 Freight Consolidation 7276
105 Gantt Chart 8083
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11353
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29069
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12389
109 Hub 22980
110 Idle Time 7826
111 Import/Export License 8434
112 In Bond Shipment 13550
113 Inbound Logistics 13160
114 Interstate System 10752
115 Inventory Costs 52567
116 Inventory in Transit 16031
117 Inventory Management 53693
118 Inventory Planning System 9539
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21829
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41110
 
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