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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) 23049
22 Average Speed of Answer 26612
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23250
24 Batch Production 38545
25 Bill Discounting 14613
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11310
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7202
28 Blanket Release 10080
29 Bonded Warehouse 10113
30 Booking Number 13887
31 Bottleneck 9594
32 Buffer Stock 59470
33 Build to Stock 13072
34 Bullwhip Effect 9734
35 Business Logistics 25854
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12625
37 Capacity Management 40796
38 Capacity Utilization 14173
39 Capital Intensive 8491
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8824
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12205
42 Certified Supplier 9007
43 Channel Effectiveness 8979
44 Co-Destiny 9354
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11831
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6935
48 Computer-Based Training 7736
49 Consular Invoice 19896
50 Container Depot 10657
51 Container Freight Station 10315
52 Continuous Replenishment 19627
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12137
54 Contract Carrier 7351
55 Contract of Affreightment 11466
56 Control Charts 8008
57 Cost Flow 10335
58 Courier Service 15311
59 CPFR 8273
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11861
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44299
62 Date Code 18335
63 Days of Supply 19917
64 Dead on Arrival 9401
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7354
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8173
67 Detective Control 8961
68 Devanning 14273
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11023
70 Dispatching 24634
71 Distributed Inventory 8409
72 Distribution Channel Management 34926
73 Distribution Metrics 9205
74 Distribution Planning 24272
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15301
76 Double Marginalization 52860
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22462
78 Dual 5478
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20679
80 Echelon Inventory 26277
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38333
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49917
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7667
84 Efficient Frontier 25586
85 Engineer-to-Order 31848
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16631
87 Erlang B Formula 9401
88 ETD 8375
89 Ex Works 7878
90 Exception Rate 13567
91 Exponential smoothing 9871
92 External Growth 10144
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9573
94 Field Services 7778
95 Field Warehouse 10674
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8858
97 Fishbone Diagram 14674
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27163
99 Flow Through Distribution 12378
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8237
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30293
103 Freight Charge 10459
104 Freight Consolidation 7579
105 Gantt Chart 8332
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11800
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29667
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12752
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8118
111 Import/Export License 8781
112 In Bond Shipment 14033
113 Inbound Logistics 13657
114 Interstate System 11065
115 Inventory Costs 53853
116 Inventory in Transit 16604
117 Inventory Management 54999
118 Inventory Planning System 9919
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22380
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43090
 
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