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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) 23033
22 Average Speed of Answer 26599
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23218
24 Batch Production 38502
25 Bill Discounting 14598
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11292
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7189
28 Blanket Release 10067
29 Bonded Warehouse 10100
30 Booking Number 13866
31 Bottleneck 9575
32 Buffer Stock 59435
33 Build to Stock 13060
34 Bullwhip Effect 9716
35 Business Logistics 25828
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12610
37 Capacity Management 40728
38 Capacity Utilization 14160
39 Capital Intensive 8472
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8806
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12188
42 Certified Supplier 8997
43 Channel Effectiveness 8968
44 Co-Destiny 9338
45 Co-managed Inventory 12613
46 Co-Packers 11818
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6921
48 Computer-Based Training 7724
49 Consular Invoice 19871
50 Container Depot 10644
51 Container Freight Station 10307
52 Continuous Replenishment 19617
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12125
54 Contract Carrier 7344
55 Contract of Affreightment 11452
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10317
58 Courier Service 15295
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11844
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44268
62 Date Code 18311
63 Days of Supply 19896
64 Dead on Arrival 9380
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7346
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8155
67 Detective Control 8945
68 Devanning 14254
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11008
70 Dispatching 24608
71 Distributed Inventory 8395
72 Distribution Channel Management 34881
73 Distribution Metrics 9186
74 Distribution Planning 24252
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15283
76 Double Marginalization 52838
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22446
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26259
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38316
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49870
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7655
84 Efficient Frontier 25569
85 Engineer-to-Order 31831
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16609
87 Erlang B Formula 9387
88 ETD 8364
89 Ex Works 7864
90 Exception Rate 13545
91 Exponential smoothing 9859
92 External Growth 10127
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9558
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10627
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8837
97 Fishbone Diagram 14658
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27136
99 Flow Through Distribution 12359
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8220
101 FOB Destination 13099
102 Forward buying 30260
103 Freight Charge 10445
104 Freight Consolidation 7569
105 Gantt Chart 8325
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11783
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29650
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12736
109 Hub 23501
110 Idle Time 8106
111 Import/Export License 8763
112 In Bond Shipment 14022
113 Inbound Logistics 13637
114 Interstate System 11049
115 Inventory Costs 53801
116 Inventory in Transit 16586
117 Inventory Management 54956
118 Inventory Planning System 9904
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22358
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43016
 
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