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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) 23129
22 Average Speed of Answer 26661
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23348
24 Batch Production 38703
25 Bill Discounting 14691
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11375
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7247
28 Blanket Release 10136
29 Bonded Warehouse 10168
30 Booking Number 13989
31 Bottleneck 9674
32 Buffer Stock 59607
33 Build to Stock 13126
34 Bullwhip Effect 9816
35 Business Logistics 25994
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41025
38 Capacity Utilization 14260
39 Capital Intensive 8558
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8906
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12259
42 Certified Supplier 9049
43 Channel Effectiveness 9031
44 Co-Destiny 9411
45 Co-managed Inventory 12695
46 Co-Packers 11889
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6989
48 Computer-Based Training 7781
49 Consular Invoice 19977
50 Container Depot 10703
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19690
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12190
54 Contract Carrier 7384
55 Contract of Affreightment 11522
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10388
58 Courier Service 15385
59 CPFR 8319
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44461
62 Date Code 18486
63 Days of Supply 19986
64 Dead on Arrival 9467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7404
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8230
67 Detective Control 9018
68 Devanning 14326
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11086
70 Dispatching 24757
71 Distributed Inventory 8454
72 Distribution Channel Management 35086
73 Distribution Metrics 9289
74 Distribution Planning 24354
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15389
76 Double Marginalization 52973
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22537
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20741
80 Echelon Inventory 26379
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38412
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50095
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7719
84 Efficient Frontier 25686
85 Engineer-to-Order 31941
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16748
87 Erlang B Formula 9452
88 ETD 8425
89 Ex Works 7919
90 Exception Rate 13647
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10202
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9629
94 Field Services 7813
95 Field Warehouse 10901
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8940
97 Fishbone Diagram 14735
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27282
99 Flow Through Distribution 12445
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8301
101 FOB Destination 13184
102 Forward buying 30381
103 Freight Charge 10507
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11876
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29740
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12805
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8160
111 Import/Export License 8829
112 In Bond Shipment 14098
113 Inbound Logistics 13719
114 Interstate System 11111
115 Inventory Costs 54023
116 Inventory in Transit 16689
117 Inventory Management 55185
118 Inventory Planning System 9967
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22475
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43293
 
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