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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) 22630
22 Average Speed of Answer 26342
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22607
24 Batch Production 37581
25 Bill Discounting 14092
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10791
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6898
28 Blanket Release 9736
29 Bonded Warehouse 9837
30 Booking Number 13388
31 Bottleneck 9202
32 Buffer Stock 58268
33 Build to Stock 12699
34 Bullwhip Effect 9271
35 Business Logistics 25061
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12304
37 Capacity Management 39480
38 Capacity Utilization 13749
39 Capital Intensive 8080
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8350
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11822
42 Certified Supplier 8799
43 Channel Effectiveness 8766
44 Co-Destiny 9035
45 Co-managed Inventory 12183
46 Co-Packers 11537
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6601
48 Computer-Based Training 7479
49 Consular Invoice 19311
50 Container Depot 10342
51 Container Freight Station 10117
52 Continuous Replenishment 19178
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11806
54 Contract Carrier 7193
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7746
57 Cost Flow 10053
58 Courier Service 14841
59 CPFR 7993
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11523
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43310
62 Date Code 17729
63 Days of Supply 19459
64 Dead on Arrival 8923
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7075
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7851
67 Detective Control 8688
68 Devanning 13982
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10588
70 Dispatching 23630
71 Distributed Inventory 8165
72 Distribution Channel Management 34046
73 Distribution Metrics 8711
74 Distribution Planning 23896
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14846
76 Double Marginalization 52183
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21986
78 Dual 5262
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20298
80 Echelon Inventory 25857
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37950
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48848
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7401
84 Efficient Frontier 24965
85 Engineer-to-Order 31254
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15943
87 Erlang B Formula 9092
88 ETD 8082
89 Ex Works 7668
90 Exception Rate 13141
91 Exponential smoothing 9608
92 External Growth 9820
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9206
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9684
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8427
97 Fishbone Diagram 14302
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26515
99 Flow Through Distribution 12040
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7923
101 FOB Destination 12677
102 Forward buying 29714
103 Freight Charge 10095
104 Freight Consolidation 7321
105 Gantt Chart 8112
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11414
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29174
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12423
109 Hub 23047
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8477
112 In Bond Shipment 13610
113 Inbound Logistics 13211
114 Interstate System 10773
115 Inventory Costs 52749
116 Inventory in Transit 16097
117 Inventory Management 53837
118 Inventory Planning System 9580
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21920
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41373
 
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