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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) 22990
22 Average Speed of Answer 26575
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23156
24 Batch Production 38413
25 Bill Discounting 14548
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11242
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7162
28 Blanket Release 10035
29 Bonded Warehouse 10078
30 Booking Number 13809
31 Bottleneck 9537
32 Buffer Stock 59305
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9689
35 Business Logistics 25764
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12583
37 Capacity Management 40577
38 Capacity Utilization 14123
39 Capital Intensive 8426
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8760
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12149
42 Certified Supplier 8975
43 Channel Effectiveness 8942
44 Co-Destiny 9314
45 Co-managed Inventory 12576
46 Co-Packers 11791
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6891
48 Computer-Based Training 7701
49 Consular Invoice 19813
50 Container Depot 10622
51 Container Freight Station 10288
52 Continuous Replenishment 19579
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12093
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11430
56 Control Charts 7974
57 Cost Flow 10285
58 Courier Service 15257
59 CPFR 8236
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11816
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44194
62 Date Code 18257
63 Days of Supply 19855
64 Dead on Arrival 9338
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7322
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8124
67 Detective Control 8923
68 Devanning 14222
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10978
70 Dispatching 24544
71 Distributed Inventory 8369
72 Distribution Channel Management 34783
73 Distribution Metrics 9133
74 Distribution Planning 24215
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15233
76 Double Marginalization 52773
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22398
78 Dual 5450
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20627
80 Echelon Inventory 26229
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38290
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49777
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25509
85 Engineer-to-Order 31772
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16544
87 Erlang B Formula 9360
88 ETD 8343
89 Ex Works 7846
90 Exception Rate 13508
91 Exponential smoothing 9841
92 External Growth 10089
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9531
94 Field Services 7750
95 Field Warehouse 10517
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8783
97 Fishbone Diagram 14622
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27061
99 Flow Through Distribution 12327
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8191
101 FOB Destination 13050
102 Forward buying 30187
103 Freight Charge 10422
104 Freight Consolidation 7540
105 Gantt Chart 8299
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11747
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29606
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12698
109 Hub 23453
110 Idle Time 8079
111 Import/Export License 8735
112 In Bond Shipment 13973
113 Inbound Logistics 13601
114 Interstate System 11020
115 Inventory Costs 53696
116 Inventory in Transit 16552
117 Inventory Management 54850
118 Inventory Planning System 9885
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22319
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42798
 
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