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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) 22866
22 Average Speed of Answer 26491
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22960
24 Batch Production 38112
25 Bill Discounting 14383
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11096
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7066
28 Blanket Release 9924
29 Bonded Warehouse 9993
30 Booking Number 13658
31 Bottleneck 9416
32 Buffer Stock 58944
33 Build to Stock 12857
34 Bullwhip Effect 9480
35 Business Logistics 25460
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12478
37 Capacity Management 40191
38 Capacity Utilization 13982
39 Capital Intensive 8300
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8614
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12026
42 Certified Supplier 8913
43 Channel Effectiveness 8867
44 Co-Destiny 9204
45 Co-managed Inventory 12377
46 Co-Packers 11684
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6780
48 Computer-Based Training 7625
49 Consular Invoice 19610
50 Container Depot 10532
51 Container Freight Station 10222
52 Continuous Replenishment 19382
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11988
54 Contract Carrier 7281
55 Contract of Affreightment 11334
56 Control Charts 7895
57 Cost Flow 10190
58 Courier Service 15111
59 CPFR 8146
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11703
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43916
62 Date Code 18078
63 Days of Supply 19713
64 Dead on Arrival 9133
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7234
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8020
67 Detective Control 8840
68 Devanning 14140
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10780
70 Dispatching 24270
71 Distributed Inventory 8287
72 Distribution Channel Management 34515
73 Distribution Metrics 8989
74 Distribution Planning 24094
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15098
76 Double Marginalization 52498
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22191
78 Dual 5384
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20502
80 Echelon Inventory 26066
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38163
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49437
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7543
84 Efficient Frontier 25311
85 Engineer-to-Order 31590
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16274
87 Erlang B Formula 9269
88 ETD 8260
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13375
91 Exponential smoothing 9759
92 External Growth 9984
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9352
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10049
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8668
97 Fishbone Diagram 14517
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26862
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8088
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29954
103 Freight Charge 10249
104 Freight Consolidation 7461
105 Gantt Chart 8227
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11633
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29445
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12599
109 Hub 23297
110 Idle Time 7992
111 Import/Export License 8639
112 In Bond Shipment 13818
113 Inbound Logistics 13468
114 Interstate System 10927
115 Inventory Costs 53336
116 Inventory in Transit 16327
117 Inventory Management 54469
118 Inventory Planning System 9719
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22183
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42291
 
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