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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) 22983
22 Average Speed of Answer 26570
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23135
24 Batch Production 38391
25 Bill Discounting 14539
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11236
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7156
28 Blanket Release 10024
29 Bonded Warehouse 10069
30 Booking Number 13801
31 Bottleneck 9526
32 Buffer Stock 59269
33 Build to Stock 13022
34 Bullwhip Effect 9681
35 Business Logistics 25743
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12575
37 Capacity Management 40537
38 Capacity Utilization 14116
39 Capital Intensive 8417
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8746
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12139
42 Certified Supplier 8969
43 Channel Effectiveness 8936
44 Co-Destiny 9307
45 Co-managed Inventory 12567
46 Co-Packers 11782
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6883
48 Computer-Based Training 7697
49 Consular Invoice 19795
50 Container Depot 10613
51 Container Freight Station 10283
52 Continuous Replenishment 19565
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12085
54 Contract Carrier 7321
55 Contract of Affreightment 11422
56 Control Charts 7970
57 Cost Flow 10280
58 Courier Service 15243
59 CPFR 8230
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11809
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44169
62 Date Code 18240
63 Days of Supply 19843
64 Dead on Arrival 9330
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7317
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8116
67 Detective Control 8918
68 Devanning 14219
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10966
70 Dispatching 24530
71 Distributed Inventory 8361
72 Distribution Channel Management 34759
73 Distribution Metrics 9125
74 Distribution Planning 24205
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15220
76 Double Marginalization 52755
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22386
78 Dual 5445
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20619
80 Echelon Inventory 26215
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38278
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49744
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7622
84 Efficient Frontier 25495
85 Engineer-to-Order 31759
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16529
87 Erlang B Formula 9352
88 ETD 8338
89 Ex Works 7839
90 Exception Rate 13500
91 Exponential smoothing 9835
92 External Growth 10079
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9527
94 Field Services 7745
95 Field Warehouse 10476
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8770
97 Fishbone Diagram 14613
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27045
99 Flow Through Distribution 12316
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8186
101 FOB Destination 13037
102 Forward buying 30173
103 Freight Charge 10415
104 Freight Consolidation 7537
105 Gantt Chart 8292
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11739
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29596
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12688
109 Hub 23439
110 Idle Time 8074
111 Import/Export License 8727
112 In Bond Shipment 13963
113 Inbound Logistics 13591
114 Interstate System 11011
115 Inventory Costs 53646
116 Inventory in Transit 16538
117 Inventory Management 54820
118 Inventory Planning System 9877
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22310
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42748
 
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