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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) 22625
22 Average Speed of Answer 26340
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22605
24 Batch Production 37578
25 Bill Discounting 14090
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10788
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6895
28 Blanket Release 9735
29 Bonded Warehouse 9835
30 Booking Number 13386
31 Bottleneck 9200
32 Buffer Stock 58263
33 Build to Stock 12698
34 Bullwhip Effect 9268
35 Business Logistics 25059
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12302
37 Capacity Management 39474
38 Capacity Utilization 13746
39 Capital Intensive 8078
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8348
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11820
42 Certified Supplier 8797
43 Channel Effectiveness 8764
44 Co-Destiny 9032
45 Co-managed Inventory 12182
46 Co-Packers 11537
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6598
48 Computer-Based Training 7478
49 Consular Invoice 19310
50 Container Depot 10342
51 Container Freight Station 10114
52 Continuous Replenishment 19176
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11805
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7745
57 Cost Flow 10053
58 Courier Service 14839
59 CPFR 7993
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11522
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43306
62 Date Code 17726
63 Days of Supply 19458
64 Dead on Arrival 8922
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7849
67 Detective Control 8687
68 Devanning 13982
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10588
70 Dispatching 23625
71 Distributed Inventory 8164
72 Distribution Channel Management 34042
73 Distribution Metrics 8708
74 Distribution Planning 23896
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14845
76 Double Marginalization 52181
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21986
78 Dual 5261
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20296
80 Echelon Inventory 25856
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37948
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48844
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7401
84 Efficient Frontier 24963
85 Engineer-to-Order 31252
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15942
87 Erlang B Formula 9090
88 ETD 8079
89 Ex Works 7668
90 Exception Rate 13140
91 Exponential smoothing 9607
92 External Growth 9818
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9205
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9683
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8424
97 Fishbone Diagram 14301
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26513
99 Flow Through Distribution 12039
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7920
101 FOB Destination 12676
102 Forward buying 29712
103 Freight Charge 10094
104 Freight Consolidation 7318
105 Gantt Chart 8109
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11414
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29173
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12423
109 Hub 23047
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8476
112 In Bond Shipment 13609
113 Inbound Logistics 13209
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52744
116 Inventory in Transit 16093
117 Inventory Management 53835
118 Inventory Planning System 9578
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21916
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41366
 
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