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) 22601
22 Average Speed of Answer 26321
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22565
24 Batch Production 37500
25 Bill Discounting 14042
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10760
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6876
28 Blanket Release 9716
29 Bonded Warehouse 9811
30 Booking Number 13354
31 Bottleneck 9155
32 Buffer Stock 58180
33 Build to Stock 12671
34 Bullwhip Effect 9229
35 Business Logistics 25012
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12284
37 Capacity Management 39374
38 Capacity Utilization 13711
39 Capital Intensive 8048
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8318
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11795
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8750
44 Co-Destiny 9008
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11517
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6576
48 Computer-Based Training 7466
49 Consular Invoice 19264
50 Container Depot 10320
51 Container Freight Station 10100
52 Continuous Replenishment 19156
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11777
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7726
57 Cost Flow 10034
58 Courier Service 14791
59 CPFR 7966
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11494
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43228
62 Date Code 17694
63 Days of Supply 19425
64 Dead on Arrival 8892
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7825
67 Detective Control 8674
68 Devanning 13956
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10565
70 Dispatching 23568
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33979
73 Distribution Metrics 8671
74 Distribution Planning 23862
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14813
76 Double Marginalization 52137
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21960
78 Dual 5235
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25830
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37919
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48763
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7384
84 Efficient Frontier 24916
85 Engineer-to-Order 31210
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15891
87 Erlang B Formula 9060
88 ETD 8062
89 Ex Works 7656
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9589
92 External Growth 9800
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9184
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9657
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8392
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26480
99 Flow Through Distribution 12015
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7895
101 FOB Destination 12650
102 Forward buying 29679
103 Freight Charge 10075
104 Freight Consolidation 7298
105 Gantt Chart 8094
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11376
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29133
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23008
110 Idle Time 7844
111 Import/Export License 8457
112 In Bond Shipment 13581
113 Inbound Logistics 13178
114 Interstate System 10763
115 Inventory Costs 52667
116 Inventory in Transit 16057
117 Inventory Management 53764
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21869
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41249
 
Page 1 of 3