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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) 23026
22 Average Speed of Answer 26594
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23206
24 Batch Production 38486
25 Bill Discounting 14593
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11282
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7184
28 Blanket Release 10060
29 Bonded Warehouse 10096
30 Booking Number 13860
31 Bottleneck 9570
32 Buffer Stock 59412
33 Build to Stock 13055
34 Bullwhip Effect 9710
35 Business Logistics 25821
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12604
37 Capacity Management 40708
38 Capacity Utilization 14155
39 Capital Intensive 8461
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8797
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12182
42 Certified Supplier 8993
43 Channel Effectiveness 8961
44 Co-Destiny 9334
45 Co-managed Inventory 12604
46 Co-Packers 11815
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6916
48 Computer-Based Training 7720
49 Consular Invoice 19861
50 Container Depot 10641
51 Container Freight Station 10305
52 Continuous Replenishment 19608
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12122
54 Contract Carrier 7342
55 Contract of Affreightment 11450
56 Control Charts 7988
57 Cost Flow 10312
58 Courier Service 15287
59 CPFR 8261
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11840
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44252
62 Date Code 18303
63 Days of Supply 19889
64 Dead on Arrival 9371
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7341
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8152
67 Detective Control 8943
68 Devanning 14248
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11002
70 Dispatching 24599
71 Distributed Inventory 8391
72 Distribution Channel Management 34866
73 Distribution Metrics 9176
74 Distribution Planning 24247
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15274
76 Double Marginalization 52827
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22436
78 Dual 5467
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20658
80 Echelon Inventory 26253
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38310
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49847
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7649
84 Efficient Frontier 25560
85 Engineer-to-Order 31818
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16597
87 Erlang B Formula 9381
88 ETD 8360
89 Ex Works 7862
90 Exception Rate 13539
91 Exponential smoothing 9853
92 External Growth 10121
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9553
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10612
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8827
97 Fishbone Diagram 14650
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27124
99 Flow Through Distribution 12354
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8214
101 FOB Destination 13091
102 Forward buying 30251
103 Freight Charge 10439
104 Freight Consolidation 7565
105 Gantt Chart 8322
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11776
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29643
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12731
109 Hub 23493
110 Idle Time 8102
111 Import/Export License 8760
112 In Bond Shipment 14016
113 Inbound Logistics 13632
114 Interstate System 11043
115 Inventory Costs 53786
116 Inventory in Transit 16579
117 Inventory Management 54945
118 Inventory Planning System 9900
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22350
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42988
 
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