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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) 23039
22 Average Speed of Answer 26604
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23228
24 Batch Production 38513
25 Bill Discounting 14603
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11300
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7191
28 Blanket Release 10073
29 Bonded Warehouse 10103
30 Booking Number 13871
31 Bottleneck 9579
32 Buffer Stock 59445
33 Build to Stock 13062
34 Bullwhip Effect 9721
35 Business Logistics 25837
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12613
37 Capacity Management 40743
38 Capacity Utilization 14165
39 Capital Intensive 8476
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8809
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12189
42 Certified Supplier 9000
43 Channel Effectiveness 8970
44 Co-Destiny 9341
45 Co-managed Inventory 12615
46 Co-Packers 11820
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6926
48 Computer-Based Training 7726
49 Consular Invoice 19877
50 Container Depot 10645
51 Container Freight Station 10309
52 Continuous Replenishment 19620
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12127
54 Contract Carrier 7348
55 Contract of Affreightment 11457
56 Control Charts 7994
57 Cost Flow 10321
58 Courier Service 15300
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11846
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44276
62 Date Code 18317
63 Days of Supply 19904
64 Dead on Arrival 9389
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8159
67 Detective Control 8952
68 Devanning 14261
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11013
70 Dispatching 24615
71 Distributed Inventory 8401
72 Distribution Channel Management 34891
73 Distribution Metrics 9189
74 Distribution Planning 24254
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15286
76 Double Marginalization 52843
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22449
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20665
80 Echelon Inventory 26263
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38318
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49880
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7657
84 Efficient Frontier 25574
85 Engineer-to-Order 31837
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16615
87 Erlang B Formula 9389
88 ETD 8367
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13549
91 Exponential smoothing 9862
92 External Growth 10129
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9563
94 Field Services 7772
95 Field Warehouse 10636
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8842
97 Fishbone Diagram 14661
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27145
99 Flow Through Distribution 12363
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8223
101 FOB Destination 13108
102 Forward buying 30264
103 Freight Charge 10450
104 Freight Consolidation 7572
105 Gantt Chart 8328
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11785
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29653
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12740
109 Hub 23508
110 Idle Time 8107
111 Import/Export License 8769
112 In Bond Shipment 14024
113 Inbound Logistics 13642
114 Interstate System 11053
115 Inventory Costs 53819
116 Inventory in Transit 16590
117 Inventory Management 54966
118 Inventory Planning System 9909
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22361
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43032
 
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