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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) 22965
22 Average Speed of Answer 26558
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23108
24 Batch Production 38353
25 Bill Discounting 14518
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11221
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7142
28 Blanket Release 10009
29 Bonded Warehouse 10056
30 Booking Number 13776
31 Bottleneck 9515
32 Buffer Stock 59217
33 Build to Stock 12992
34 Bullwhip Effect 9648
35 Business Logistics 25698
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40483
38 Capacity Utilization 14093
39 Capital Intensive 8404
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8729
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12123
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9294
45 Co-managed Inventory 12537
46 Co-Packers 11763
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6866
48 Computer-Based Training 7688
49 Consular Invoice 19766
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10273
52 Continuous Replenishment 19532
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11409
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15226
59 CPFR 8216
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44131
62 Date Code 18215
63 Days of Supply 19827
64 Dead on Arrival 9299
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7306
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10930
70 Dispatching 24492
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34721
73 Distribution Metrics 9104
74 Distribution Planning 24192
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15205
76 Double Marginalization 52699
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22353
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20601
80 Echelon Inventory 26195
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38255
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49700
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25469
85 Engineer-to-Order 31728
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16483
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13482
91 Exponential smoothing 9827
92 External Growth 10070
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9490
94 Field Services 7741
95 Field Warehouse 10430
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8751
97 Fishbone Diagram 14602
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27015
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8170
101 FOB Destination 13019
102 Forward buying 30132
103 Freight Charge 10387
104 Freight Consolidation 7525
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11726
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29576
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12673
109 Hub 23415
110 Idle Time 8064
111 Import/Export License 8713
112 In Bond Shipment 13940
113 Inbound Logistics 13576
114 Interstate System 10997
115 Inventory Costs 53607
116 Inventory in Transit 16506
117 Inventory Management 54763
118 Inventory Planning System 9845
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22287
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42678
 
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