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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) 22589
22 Average Speed of Answer 26313
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22537
24 Batch Production 37457
25 Bill Discounting 14021
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10741
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6864
28 Blanket Release 9704
29 Bonded Warehouse 9795
30 Booking Number 13333
31 Bottleneck 9136
32 Buffer Stock 58122
33 Build to Stock 12656
34 Bullwhip Effect 9218
35 Business Logistics 24976
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12270
37 Capacity Management 39288
38 Capacity Utilization 13689
39 Capital Intensive 8030
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8295
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11778
42 Certified Supplier 8775
43 Channel Effectiveness 8734
44 Co-Destiny 8997
45 Co-managed Inventory 12138
46 Co-Packers 11507
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6566
48 Computer-Based Training 7455
49 Consular Invoice 19238
50 Container Depot 10303
51 Container Freight Station 10088
52 Continuous Replenishment 19142
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11763
54 Contract Carrier 7175
55 Contract of Affreightment 11150
56 Control Charts 7715
57 Cost Flow 10026
58 Courier Service 14769
59 CPFR 7952
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11479
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43172
62 Date Code 17669
63 Days of Supply 19402
64 Dead on Arrival 8873
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7051
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7814
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13949
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10553
70 Dispatching 23528
71 Distributed Inventory 8140
72 Distribution Channel Management 33937
73 Distribution Metrics 8651
74 Distribution Planning 23839
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14793
76 Double Marginalization 52107
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21947
78 Dual 5223
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20271
80 Echelon Inventory 25818
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37905
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48706
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7373
84 Efficient Frontier 24886
85 Engineer-to-Order 31190
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15858
87 Erlang B Formula 9044
88 ETD 8053
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13089
91 Exponential smoothing 9577
92 External Growth 9785
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9173
94 Field Services 7566
95 Field Warehouse 9643
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8370
97 Fishbone Diagram 14263
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26457
99 Flow Through Distribution 11998
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7884
101 FOB Destination 12631
102 Forward buying 29658
103 Freight Charge 10062
104 Freight Consolidation 7282
105 Gantt Chart 8086
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11356
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29112
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12394
109 Hub 22988
110 Idle Time 7831
111 Import/Export License 8438
112 In Bond Shipment 13560
113 Inbound Logistics 13166
114 Interstate System 10755
115 Inventory Costs 52599
116 Inventory in Transit 16042
117 Inventory Management 53709
118 Inventory Planning System 9544
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21839
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41147
 
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