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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) 22800
22 Average Speed of Answer 26456
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22889
24 Batch Production 37968
25 Bill Discounting 14326
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11021
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7026
28 Blanket Release 9881
29 Bonded Warehouse 9957
30 Booking Number 13596
31 Bottleneck 9360
32 Buffer Stock 58754
33 Build to Stock 12818
34 Bullwhip Effect 9427
35 Business Logistics 25367
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12438
37 Capacity Management 40034
38 Capacity Utilization 13927
39 Capital Intensive 8247
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8550
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11979
42 Certified Supplier 8884
43 Channel Effectiveness 8842
44 Co-Destiny 9158
45 Co-managed Inventory 12328
46 Co-Packers 11648
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6738
48 Computer-Based Training 7588
49 Consular Invoice 19532
50 Container Depot 10491
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19333
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11945
54 Contract Carrier 7260
55 Contract of Affreightment 11299
56 Control Charts 7859
57 Cost Flow 10162
58 Courier Service 15058
59 CPFR 8111
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11657
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43777
62 Date Code 18012
63 Days of Supply 19665
64 Dead on Arrival 9083
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7197
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7984
67 Detective Control 8794
68 Devanning 14110
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10736
70 Dispatching 24101
71 Distributed Inventory 8253
72 Distribution Channel Management 34404
73 Distribution Metrics 8923
74 Distribution Planning 24048
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15034
76 Double Marginalization 52423
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22145
78 Dual 5360
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20450
80 Echelon Inventory 25998
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38111
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49289
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7509
84 Efficient Frontier 25231
85 Engineer-to-Order 31514
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16195
87 Erlang B Formula 9226
88 ETD 8212
89 Ex Works 7749
90 Exception Rate 13317
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9942
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9318
94 Field Services 7659
95 Field Warehouse 9842
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8611
97 Fishbone Diagram 14474
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26787
99 Flow Through Distribution 12173
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8047
101 FOB Destination 12878
102 Forward buying 29892
103 Freight Charge 10214
104 Freight Consolidation 7429
105 Gantt Chart 8203
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11582
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29375
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12553
109 Hub 23236
110 Idle Time 7962
111 Import/Export License 8600
112 In Bond Shipment 13761
113 Inbound Logistics 13407
114 Interstate System 10884
115 Inventory Costs 53194
116 Inventory in Transit 16279
117 Inventory Management 54327
118 Inventory Planning System 9685
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22121
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42058
 
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