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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) 22888
22 Average Speed of Answer 26506
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22988
24 Batch Production 38173
25 Bill Discounting 14412
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11118
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7085
28 Blanket Release 9943
29 Bonded Warehouse 10009
30 Booking Number 13679
31 Bottleneck 9434
32 Buffer Stock 59015
33 Build to Stock 12870
34 Bullwhip Effect 9497
35 Business Logistics 25496
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12500
37 Capacity Management 40246
38 Capacity Utilization 14008
39 Capital Intensive 8327
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8630
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8880
44 Co-Destiny 9218
45 Co-managed Inventory 12396
46 Co-Packers 11703
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6796
48 Computer-Based Training 7639
49 Consular Invoice 19643
50 Container Depot 10549
51 Container Freight Station 10234
52 Continuous Replenishment 19396
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12006
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11348
56 Control Charts 7906
57 Cost Flow 10208
58 Courier Service 15138
59 CPFR 8160
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11721
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43963
62 Date Code 18106
63 Days of Supply 19739
64 Dead on Arrival 9153
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7250
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8045
67 Detective Control 8854
68 Devanning 14156
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10800
70 Dispatching 24319
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34545
73 Distribution Metrics 9016
74 Distribution Planning 24117
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15123
76 Double Marginalization 52527
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22211
78 Dual 5397
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20525
80 Echelon Inventory 26090
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38181
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49478
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7559
84 Efficient Frontier 25347
85 Engineer-to-Order 31619
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16304
87 Erlang B Formula 9287
88 ETD 8270
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13401
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 10003
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9367
94 Field Services 7701
95 Field Warehouse 10147
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14533
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26888
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8105
101 FOB Destination 12953
102 Forward buying 29978
103 Freight Charge 10264
104 Freight Consolidation 7476
105 Gantt Chart 8240
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11651
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29468
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12614
109 Hub 23320
110 Idle Time 8006
111 Import/Export License 8655
112 In Bond Shipment 13844
113 Inbound Logistics 13487
114 Interstate System 10941
115 Inventory Costs 53378
116 Inventory in Transit 16352
117 Inventory Management 54514
118 Inventory Planning System 9731
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22210
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42368
 
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