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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) 22722
22 Average Speed of Answer 26404
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22770
24 Batch Production 37785
25 Bill Discounting 14212
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10903
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6965
28 Blanket Release 9811
29 Bonded Warehouse 9899
30 Booking Number 13489
31 Bottleneck 9295
32 Buffer Stock 58558
33 Build to Stock 12762
34 Bullwhip Effect 9353
35 Business Logistics 25225
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12373
37 Capacity Management 39803
38 Capacity Utilization 13850
39 Capital Intensive 8174
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8462
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11909
42 Certified Supplier 8845
43 Channel Effectiveness 8804
44 Co-Destiny 9092
45 Co-managed Inventory 12260
46 Co-Packers 11597
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6676
48 Computer-Based Training 7542
49 Consular Invoice 19423
50 Container Depot 10426
51 Container Freight Station 10155
52 Continuous Replenishment 19265
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11884
54 Contract Carrier 7224
55 Contract of Affreightment 11248
56 Control Charts 7808
57 Cost Flow 10117
58 Courier Service 14973
59 CPFR 8055
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11593
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43594
62 Date Code 17876
63 Days of Supply 19575
64 Dead on Arrival 9014
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7133
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7922
67 Detective Control 8742
68 Devanning 14055
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10671
70 Dispatching 23885
71 Distributed Inventory 8209
72 Distribution Channel Management 34248
73 Distribution Metrics 8827
74 Distribution Planning 23974
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14955
76 Double Marginalization 52329
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22072
78 Dual 5319
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20381
80 Echelon Inventory 25928
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38040
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49118
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7458
84 Efficient Frontier 25110
85 Engineer-to-Order 31396
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16074
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8147
89 Ex Works 7715
90 Exception Rate 13230
91 Exponential smoothing 9668
92 External Growth 9873
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9263
94 Field Services 7624
95 Field Warehouse 9747
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8531
97 Fishbone Diagram 14399
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26662
99 Flow Through Distribution 12116
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7988
101 FOB Destination 12785
102 Forward buying 29821
103 Freight Charge 10152
104 Freight Consolidation 7382
105 Gantt Chart 8162
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11515
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29281
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12491
109 Hub 23150
110 Idle Time 7916
111 Import/Export License 8548
112 In Bond Shipment 13703
113 Inbound Logistics 13308
114 Interstate System 10825
115 Inventory Costs 53011
116 Inventory in Transit 16194
117 Inventory Management 54085
118 Inventory Planning System 9640
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22037
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41737
 
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