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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) 23084
22 Average Speed of Answer 26631
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23292
24 Batch Production 38610
25 Bill Discounting 14656
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11340
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7227
28 Blanket Release 10106
29 Bonded Warehouse 10141
30 Booking Number 13928
31 Bottleneck 9630
32 Buffer Stock 59528
33 Build to Stock 13096
34 Bullwhip Effect 9775
35 Business Logistics 25914
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12649
37 Capacity Management 40887
38 Capacity Utilization 14214
39 Capital Intensive 8525
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8864
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12223
42 Certified Supplier 9028
43 Channel Effectiveness 9006
44 Co-Destiny 9384
45 Co-managed Inventory 12654
46 Co-Packers 11858
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6961
48 Computer-Based Training 7759
49 Consular Invoice 19938
50 Container Depot 10679
51 Container Freight Station 10335
52 Continuous Replenishment 19654
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12162
54 Contract Carrier 7363
55 Contract of Affreightment 11492
56 Control Charts 8027
57 Cost Flow 10358
58 Courier Service 15351
59 CPFR 8292
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11888
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44367
62 Date Code 18388
63 Days of Supply 19949
64 Dead on Arrival 9430
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7379
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8201
67 Detective Control 8990
68 Devanning 14298
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11055
70 Dispatching 24694
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35003
73 Distribution Metrics 9247
74 Distribution Planning 24307
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15340
76 Double Marginalization 52907
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22494
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20714
80 Echelon Inventory 26319
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38370
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49994
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7689
84 Efficient Frontier 25631
85 Engineer-to-Order 31887
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16678
87 Erlang B Formula 9424
88 ETD 8399
89 Ex Works 7890
90 Exception Rate 13605
91 Exponential smoothing 9896
92 External Growth 10171
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9597
94 Field Services 7795
95 Field Warehouse 10774
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8893
97 Fishbone Diagram 14698
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27218
99 Flow Through Distribution 12410
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8267
101 FOB Destination 13149
102 Forward buying 30336
103 Freight Charge 10485
104 Freight Consolidation 7594
105 Gantt Chart 8349
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11831
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29703
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12774
109 Hub 23561
110 Idle Time 8140
111 Import/Export License 8806
112 In Bond Shipment 14072
113 Inbound Logistics 13686
114 Interstate System 11091
115 Inventory Costs 53943
116 Inventory in Transit 16642
117 Inventory Management 55077
118 Inventory Planning System 9945
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22416
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43171
 
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