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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) 22872
22 Average Speed of Answer 26498
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22973
24 Batch Production 38137
25 Bill Discounting 14396
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11111
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7073
28 Blanket Release 9933
29 Bonded Warehouse 9999
30 Booking Number 13666
31 Bottleneck 9426
32 Buffer Stock 58972
33 Build to Stock 12861
34 Bullwhip Effect 9487
35 Business Logistics 25475
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12488
37 Capacity Management 40214
38 Capacity Utilization 13993
39 Capital Intensive 8310
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8620
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12036
42 Certified Supplier 8917
43 Channel Effectiveness 8872
44 Co-Destiny 9210
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6785
48 Computer-Based Training 7629
49 Consular Invoice 19621
50 Container Depot 10541
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19387
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11995
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11339
56 Control Charts 7899
57 Cost Flow 10196
58 Courier Service 15121
59 CPFR 8152
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11709
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43940
62 Date Code 18089
63 Days of Supply 19722
64 Dead on Arrival 9144
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7238
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8031
67 Detective Control 8844
68 Devanning 14149
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10790
70 Dispatching 24290
71 Distributed Inventory 8293
72 Distribution Channel Management 34527
73 Distribution Metrics 9001
74 Distribution Planning 24105
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15107
76 Double Marginalization 52514
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22198
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20512
80 Echelon Inventory 26078
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49452
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7549
84 Efficient Frontier 25323
85 Engineer-to-Order 31604
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16283
87 Erlang B Formula 9274
88 ETD 8264
89 Ex Works 7783
90 Exception Rate 13386
91 Exponential smoothing 9765
92 External Growth 9990
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7695
95 Field Warehouse 10090
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8677
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26873
99 Flow Through Distribution 12231
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8092
101 FOB Destination 12943
102 Forward buying 29965
103 Freight Charge 10255
104 Freight Consolidation 7470
105 Gantt Chart 8232
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11641
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29455
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12604
109 Hub 23303
110 Idle Time 7999
111 Import/Export License 8645
112 In Bond Shipment 13829
113 Inbound Logistics 13478
114 Interstate System 10932
115 Inventory Costs 53355
116 Inventory in Transit 16338
117 Inventory Management 54490
118 Inventory Planning System 9727
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22194
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42324
 
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