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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) 23128
22 Average Speed of Answer 26658
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23339
24 Batch Production 38689
25 Bill Discounting 14689
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11366
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7242
28 Blanket Release 10134
29 Bonded Warehouse 10162
30 Booking Number 13984
31 Bottleneck 9673
32 Buffer Stock 59598
33 Build to Stock 13122
34 Bullwhip Effect 9812
35 Business Logistics 25989
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12676
37 Capacity Management 41010
38 Capacity Utilization 14252
39 Capital Intensive 8555
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8900
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12255
42 Certified Supplier 9046
43 Channel Effectiveness 9029
44 Co-Destiny 9409
45 Co-managed Inventory 12686
46 Co-Packers 11883
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6986
48 Computer-Based Training 7779
49 Consular Invoice 19974
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19683
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12187
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11520
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10383
58 Courier Service 15383
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44446
62 Date Code 18472
63 Days of Supply 19981
64 Dead on Arrival 9466
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7402
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8229
67 Detective Control 9017
68 Devanning 14325
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11084
70 Dispatching 24750
71 Distributed Inventory 8453
72 Distribution Channel Management 35076
73 Distribution Metrics 9283
74 Distribution Planning 24349
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15385
76 Double Marginalization 52968
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22530
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20738
80 Echelon Inventory 26372
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38406
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50083
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7715
84 Efficient Frontier 25679
85 Engineer-to-Order 31933
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16733
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8422
89 Ex Works 7915
90 Exception Rate 13643
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9624
94 Field Services 7810
95 Field Warehouse 10888
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8934
97 Fishbone Diagram 14730
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27276
99 Flow Through Distribution 12441
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8297
101 FOB Destination 13175
102 Forward buying 30373
103 Freight Charge 10501
104 Freight Consolidation 7609
105 Gantt Chart 8364
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11871
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29736
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12803
109 Hub 23590
110 Idle Time 8159
111 Import/Export License 8825
112 In Bond Shipment 14094
113 Inbound Logistics 13714
114 Interstate System 11109
115 Inventory Costs 54017
116 Inventory in Transit 16685
117 Inventory Management 55169
118 Inventory Planning System 9963
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22465
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43274
 
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