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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) 23163
22 Average Speed of Answer 26691
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23403
24 Batch Production 38789
25 Bill Discounting 14733
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11418
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7279
28 Blanket Release 10164
29 Bonded Warehouse 10197
30 Booking Number 14051
31 Bottleneck 9706
32 Buffer Stock 59678
33 Build to Stock 13152
34 Bullwhip Effect 9867
35 Business Logistics 26046
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12711
37 Capacity Management 41148
38 Capacity Utilization 14308
39 Capital Intensive 8588
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8948
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12296
42 Certified Supplier 9063
43 Channel Effectiveness 9057
44 Co-Destiny 9439
45 Co-managed Inventory 12733
46 Co-Packers 11917
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7020
48 Computer-Based Training 7804
49 Consular Invoice 20040
50 Container Depot 10734
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19725
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12214
54 Contract Carrier 7399
55 Contract of Affreightment 11552
56 Control Charts 8066
57 Cost Flow 10419
58 Courier Service 15417
59 CPFR 8342
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11949
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44557
62 Date Code 18541
63 Days of Supply 20023
64 Dead on Arrival 9503
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7433
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8259
67 Detective Control 9059
68 Devanning 14351
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11122
70 Dispatching 24822
71 Distributed Inventory 8472
72 Distribution Channel Management 35154
73 Distribution Metrics 9335
74 Distribution Planning 24389
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15426
76 Double Marginalization 53030
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22577
78 Dual 5536
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20769
80 Echelon Inventory 26453
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38460
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50192
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7739
84 Efficient Frontier 25742
85 Engineer-to-Order 31986
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16813
87 Erlang B Formula 9473
88 ETD 8454
89 Ex Works 7936
90 Exception Rate 13681
91 Exponential smoothing 9942
92 External Growth 10239
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9669
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11023
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8988
97 Fishbone Diagram 14770
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27349
99 Flow Through Distribution 12484
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8339
101 FOB Destination 13225
102 Forward buying 30429
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11925
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29774
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12846
109 Hub 23648
110 Idle Time 8189
111 Import/Export License 8853
112 In Bond Shipment 14139
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11138
115 Inventory Costs 54103
116 Inventory in Transit 16743
117 Inventory Management 55290
118 Inventory Planning System 9999
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22518
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43458
 
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