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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) 23056
22 Average Speed of Answer 26618
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23255
24 Batch Production 38559
25 Bill Discounting 14619
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11316
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7210
28 Blanket Release 10087
29 Bonded Warehouse 10118
30 Booking Number 13895
31 Bottleneck 9601
32 Buffer Stock 59483
33 Build to Stock 13076
34 Bullwhip Effect 9745
35 Business Logistics 25870
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12630
37 Capacity Management 40817
38 Capacity Utilization 14185
39 Capital Intensive 8498
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8832
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12206
42 Certified Supplier 9013
43 Channel Effectiveness 8984
44 Co-Destiny 9361
45 Co-managed Inventory 12631
46 Co-Packers 11835
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6941
48 Computer-Based Training 7744
49 Consular Invoice 19910
50 Container Depot 10663
51 Container Freight Station 10320
52 Continuous Replenishment 19631
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12141
54 Contract Carrier 7353
55 Contract of Affreightment 11471
56 Control Charts 8014
57 Cost Flow 10341
58 Courier Service 15318
59 CPFR 8275
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11868
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44313
62 Date Code 18345
63 Days of Supply 19926
64 Dead on Arrival 9409
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7361
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8177
67 Detective Control 8971
68 Devanning 14275
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11032
70 Dispatching 24654
71 Distributed Inventory 8413
72 Distribution Channel Management 34942
73 Distribution Metrics 9215
74 Distribution Planning 24281
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15312
76 Double Marginalization 52869
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22470
78 Dual 5481
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20689
80 Echelon Inventory 26287
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38340
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49933
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7671
84 Efficient Frontier 25594
85 Engineer-to-Order 31858
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16642
87 Erlang B Formula 9407
88 ETD 8382
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13574
91 Exponential smoothing 9875
92 External Growth 10152
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9577
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10705
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8863
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27180
99 Flow Through Distribution 12384
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8245
101 FOB Destination 13125
102 Forward buying 30303
103 Freight Charge 10467
104 Freight Consolidation 7586
105 Gantt Chart 8336
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11805
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29676
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12756
109 Hub 23531
110 Idle Time 8125
111 Import/Export License 8788
112 In Bond Shipment 14047
113 Inbound Logistics 13664
114 Interstate System 11072
115 Inventory Costs 53874
116 Inventory in Transit 16613
117 Inventory Management 55019
118 Inventory Planning System 9923
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22387
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43106
 
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