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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) 22758
22 Average Speed of Answer 26431
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22831
24 Batch Production 37867
25 Bill Discounting 14267
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10970
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6992
28 Blanket Release 9837
29 Bonded Warehouse 9927
30 Booking Number 13538
31 Bottleneck 9327
32 Buffer Stock 58640
33 Build to Stock 12790
34 Bullwhip Effect 9387
35 Business Logistics 25295
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12398
37 Capacity Management 39923
38 Capacity Utilization 13889
39 Capital Intensive 8207
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8510
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11943
42 Certified Supplier 8863
43 Channel Effectiveness 8824
44 Co-Destiny 9124
45 Co-managed Inventory 12297
46 Co-Packers 11618
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6703
48 Computer-Based Training 7565
49 Consular Invoice 19477
50 Container Depot 10455
51 Container Freight Station 10182
52 Continuous Replenishment 19300
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11916
54 Contract Carrier 7242
55 Contract of Affreightment 11271
56 Control Charts 7832
57 Cost Flow 10142
58 Courier Service 15007
59 CPFR 8082
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11624
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43688
62 Date Code 17937
63 Days of Supply 19615
64 Dead on Arrival 9049
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7163
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7956
67 Detective Control 8766
68 Devanning 14080
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10698
70 Dispatching 23989
71 Distributed Inventory 8227
72 Distribution Channel Management 34340
73 Distribution Metrics 8873
74 Distribution Planning 24012
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14991
76 Double Marginalization 52377
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22110
78 Dual 5341
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20415
80 Echelon Inventory 25961
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38068
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49193
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25182
85 Engineer-to-Order 31451
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16126
87 Erlang B Formula 9192
88 ETD 8176
89 Ex Works 7731
90 Exception Rate 13270
91 Exponential smoothing 9696
92 External Growth 9910
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9287
94 Field Services 7643
95 Field Warehouse 9773
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8566
97 Fishbone Diagram 14437
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26725
99 Flow Through Distribution 12145
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8020
101 FOB Destination 12832
102 Forward buying 29852
103 Freight Charge 10186
104 Freight Consolidation 7405
105 Gantt Chart 8184
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11550
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29330
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12524
109 Hub 23189
110 Idle Time 7937
111 Import/Export License 8576
112 In Bond Shipment 13732
113 Inbound Logistics 13361
114 Interstate System 10852
115 Inventory Costs 53102
116 Inventory in Transit 16235
117 Inventory Management 54204
118 Inventory Planning System 9663
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22081
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41897
 
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