1. Business Concepts
    2. ›
  2. Operations and Supply Chain

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.

Title Filter 
# Name Hits
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22779
22 Average Speed of Answer 26443
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22853
24 Batch Production 37905
25 Bill Discounting 14297
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10990
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7009
28 Blanket Release 9855
29 Bonded Warehouse 9943
30 Booking Number 13567
31 Bottleneck 9345
32 Buffer Stock 58695
33 Build to Stock 12805
34 Bullwhip Effect 9406
35 Business Logistics 25330
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12418
37 Capacity Management 39969
38 Capacity Utilization 13904
39 Capital Intensive 8224
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8530
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11961
42 Certified Supplier 8872
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9142
45 Co-managed Inventory 12306
46 Co-Packers 11634
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6727
48 Computer-Based Training 7575
49 Consular Invoice 19504
50 Container Depot 10473
51 Container Freight Station 10196
52 Continuous Replenishment 19313
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11930
54 Contract Carrier 7249
55 Contract of Affreightment 11282
56 Control Charts 7842
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15032
59 CPFR 8095
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11636
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43732
62 Date Code 17970
63 Days of Supply 19640
64 Dead on Arrival 9066
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7177
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7971
67 Detective Control 8779
68 Devanning 14094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10715
70 Dispatching 24037
71 Distributed Inventory 8243
72 Distribution Channel Management 34369
73 Distribution Metrics 8898
74 Distribution Planning 24032
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15010
76 Double Marginalization 52396
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22125
78 Dual 5349
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20430
80 Echelon Inventory 25973
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38089
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49236
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7498
84 Efficient Frontier 25202
85 Engineer-to-Order 31480
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16158
87 Erlang B Formula 9212
88 ETD 8194
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13293
91 Exponential smoothing 9716
92 External Growth 9923
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9302
94 Field Services 7650
95 Field Warehouse 9797
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8587
97 Fishbone Diagram 14453
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26751
99 Flow Through Distribution 12158
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
101 FOB Destination 12854
102 Forward buying 29869
103 Freight Charge 10202
104 Freight Consolidation 7416
105 Gantt Chart 8192
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11563
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29353
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23210
110 Idle Time 7952
111 Import/Export License 8586
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13381
114 Interstate System 10867
115 Inventory Costs 53147
116 Inventory in Transit 16257
117 Inventory Management 54251
118 Inventory Planning System 9673
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22097
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41973
 
Page 1 of 3