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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) 23098
22 Average Speed of Answer 26637
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23300
24 Batch Production 38630
25 Bill Discounting 14667
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11347
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7230
28 Blanket Release 10114
29 Bonded Warehouse 10146
30 Booking Number 13945
31 Bottleneck 9642
32 Buffer Stock 59547
33 Build to Stock 13105
34 Bullwhip Effect 9786
35 Business Logistics 25940
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12655
37 Capacity Management 40924
38 Capacity Utilization 14223
39 Capital Intensive 8532
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8875
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12230
42 Certified Supplier 9033
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9389
45 Co-managed Inventory 12660
46 Co-Packers 11864
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6970
48 Computer-Based Training 7763
49 Consular Invoice 19950
50 Container Depot 10684
51 Container Freight Station 10338
52 Continuous Replenishment 19660
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12170
54 Contract Carrier 7367
55 Contract of Affreightment 11497
56 Control Charts 8031
57 Cost Flow 10366
58 Courier Service 15358
59 CPFR 8302
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11896
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44390
62 Date Code 18412
63 Days of Supply 19958
64 Dead on Arrival 9438
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7384
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8205
67 Detective Control 8995
68 Devanning 14306
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11062
70 Dispatching 24709
71 Distributed Inventory 8435
72 Distribution Channel Management 35027
73 Distribution Metrics 9257
74 Distribution Planning 24319
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15354
76 Double Marginalization 52929
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22503
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20719
80 Echelon Inventory 26333
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38378
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50024
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7693
84 Efficient Frontier 25644
85 Engineer-to-Order 31901
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16693
87 Erlang B Formula 9427
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7896
90 Exception Rate 13615
91 Exponential smoothing 9902
92 External Growth 10177
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9605
94 Field Services 7797
95 Field Warehouse 10811
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8901
97 Fishbone Diagram 14706
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27237
99 Flow Through Distribution 12417
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
101 FOB Destination 13157
102 Forward buying 30348
103 Freight Charge 10492
104 Freight Consolidation 7601
105 Gantt Chart 8352
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11842
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29710
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12787
109 Hub 23569
110 Idle Time 8146
111 Import/Export License 8812
112 In Bond Shipment 14080
113 Inbound Logistics 13694
114 Interstate System 11097
115 Inventory Costs 53966
116 Inventory in Transit 16657
117 Inventory Management 55107
118 Inventory Planning System 9950
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22430
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43207
 
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