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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) 22854
22 Average Speed of Answer 26487
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22943
24 Batch Production 38070
25 Bill Discounting 14372
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11085
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7060
28 Blanket Release 9916
29 Bonded Warehouse 9985
30 Booking Number 13651
31 Bottleneck 9406
32 Buffer Stock 58901
33 Build to Stock 12850
34 Bullwhip Effect 9468
35 Business Logistics 25442
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12470
37 Capacity Management 40158
38 Capacity Utilization 13971
39 Capital Intensive 8290
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8605
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12019
42 Certified Supplier 8907
43 Channel Effectiveness 8863
44 Co-Destiny 9196
45 Co-managed Inventory 12368
46 Co-Packers 11680
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6774
48 Computer-Based Training 7617
49 Consular Invoice 19597
50 Container Depot 10529
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19373
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11980
54 Contract Carrier 7277
55 Contract of Affreightment 11327
56 Control Charts 7890
57 Cost Flow 10187
58 Courier Service 15101
59 CPFR 8140
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11697
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43886
62 Date Code 18069
63 Days of Supply 19701
64 Dead on Arrival 9125
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7227
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8015
67 Detective Control 8831
68 Devanning 14134
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10773
70 Dispatching 24245
71 Distributed Inventory 8283
72 Distribution Channel Management 34499
73 Distribution Metrics 8976
74 Distribution Planning 24088
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15088
76 Double Marginalization 52486
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22184
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20493
80 Echelon Inventory 26054
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38154
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49405
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7540
84 Efficient Frontier 25299
85 Engineer-to-Order 31572
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16261
87 Erlang B Formula 9266
88 ETD 8250
89 Ex Works 7776
90 Exception Rate 13364
91 Exponential smoothing 9754
92 External Growth 9977
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9346
94 Field Services 7685
95 Field Warehouse 9999
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8651
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26844
99 Flow Through Distribution 12214
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8083
101 FOB Destination 12933
102 Forward buying 29945
103 Freight Charge 10244
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11623
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29434
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12586
109 Hub 23287
110 Idle Time 7988
111 Import/Export License 8630
112 In Bond Shipment 13810
113 Inbound Logistics 13457
114 Interstate System 10917
115 Inventory Costs 53311
116 Inventory in Transit 16320
117 Inventory Management 54442
118 Inventory Planning System 9715
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22170
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42247
 
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