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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) 23044
22 Average Speed of Answer 26609
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23239
24 Batch Production 38526
25 Bill Discounting 14606
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11305
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7196
28 Blanket Release 10074
29 Bonded Warehouse 10108
30 Booking Number 13880
31 Bottleneck 9586
32 Buffer Stock 59454
33 Build to Stock 13068
34 Bullwhip Effect 9727
35 Business Logistics 25842
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12616
37 Capacity Management 40764
38 Capacity Utilization 14168
39 Capital Intensive 8481
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8819
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12195
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8974
44 Co-Destiny 9347
45 Co-managed Inventory 12621
46 Co-Packers 11828
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6929
48 Computer-Based Training 7731
49 Consular Invoice 19888
50 Container Depot 10651
51 Container Freight Station 10312
52 Continuous Replenishment 19624
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12131
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11461
56 Control Charts 7998
57 Cost Flow 10327
58 Courier Service 15305
59 CPFR 8268
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11852
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44283
62 Date Code 18325
63 Days of Supply 19908
64 Dead on Arrival 9393
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7352
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8165
67 Detective Control 8957
68 Devanning 14267
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11017
70 Dispatching 24622
71 Distributed Inventory 8403
72 Distribution Channel Management 34902
73 Distribution Metrics 9197
74 Distribution Planning 24264
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15295
76 Double Marginalization 52851
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22453
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20672
80 Echelon Inventory 26269
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38329
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49896
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7662
84 Efficient Frontier 25580
85 Engineer-to-Order 31841
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16623
87 Erlang B Formula 9395
88 ETD 8371
89 Ex Works 7872
90 Exception Rate 13555
91 Exponential smoothing 9866
92 External Growth 10137
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10652
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14667
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8230
101 FOB Destination 13112
102 Forward buying 30277
103 Freight Charge 10454
104 Freight Consolidation 7577
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11791
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29659
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12745
109 Hub 23514
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8774
112 In Bond Shipment 14027
113 Inbound Logistics 13647
114 Interstate System 11059
115 Inventory Costs 53834
116 Inventory in Transit 16594
117 Inventory Management 54984
118 Inventory Planning System 9914
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22367
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43057
 
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