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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) 23117
22 Average Speed of Answer 26651
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23334
24 Batch Production 38670
25 Bill Discounting 14682
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11361
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7237
28 Blanket Release 10125
29 Bonded Warehouse 10159
30 Booking Number 13971
31 Bottleneck 9662
32 Buffer Stock 59582
33 Build to Stock 13113
34 Bullwhip Effect 9803
35 Business Logistics 25974
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12670
37 Capacity Management 40977
38 Capacity Utilization 14241
39 Capital Intensive 8546
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8893
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12248
42 Certified Supplier 9041
43 Channel Effectiveness 9024
44 Co-Destiny 9402
45 Co-managed Inventory 12676
46 Co-Packers 11875
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6981
48 Computer-Based Training 7773
49 Consular Invoice 19968
50 Container Depot 10699
51 Container Freight Station 10349
52 Continuous Replenishment 19676
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12182
54 Contract Carrier 7375
55 Contract of Affreightment 11509
56 Control Charts 8043
57 Cost Flow 10378
58 Courier Service 15376
59 CPFR 8313
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11907
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44427
62 Date Code 18457
63 Days of Supply 19975
64 Dead on Arrival 9460
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7395
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8218
67 Detective Control 9010
68 Devanning 14318
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11075
70 Dispatching 24735
71 Distributed Inventory 8448
72 Distribution Channel Management 35060
73 Distribution Metrics 9273
74 Distribution Planning 24336
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15375
76 Double Marginalization 52956
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22523
78 Dual 5504
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20732
80 Echelon Inventory 26356
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38398
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50061
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7710
84 Efficient Frontier 25665
85 Engineer-to-Order 31922
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16722
87 Erlang B Formula 9444
88 ETD 8415
89 Ex Works 7910
90 Exception Rate 13634
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10193
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9618
94 Field Services 7805
95 Field Warehouse 10862
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8922
97 Fishbone Diagram 14726
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27265
99 Flow Through Distribution 12432
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8288
101 FOB Destination 13169
102 Forward buying 30364
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8357
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11863
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12800
109 Hub 23582
110 Idle Time 8155
111 Import/Export License 8821
112 In Bond Shipment 14089
113 Inbound Logistics 13709
114 Interstate System 11104
115 Inventory Costs 53997
116 Inventory in Transit 16679
117 Inventory Management 55150
118 Inventory Planning System 9960
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22452
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43253
 
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