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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) 22722
22 Average Speed of Answer 26405
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22772
24 Batch Production 37789
25 Bill Discounting 14213
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10903
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6965
28 Blanket Release 9811
29 Bonded Warehouse 9900
30 Booking Number 13489
31 Bottleneck 9296
32 Buffer Stock 58561
33 Build to Stock 12762
34 Bullwhip Effect 9353
35 Business Logistics 25228
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12373
37 Capacity Management 39804
38 Capacity Utilization 13852
39 Capital Intensive 8174
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8463
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11909
42 Certified Supplier 8845
43 Channel Effectiveness 8804
44 Co-Destiny 9093
45 Co-managed Inventory 12262
46 Co-Packers 11597
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6677
48 Computer-Based Training 7543
49 Consular Invoice 19424
50 Container Depot 10427
51 Container Freight Station 10155
52 Continuous Replenishment 19266
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11885
54 Contract Carrier 7225
55 Contract of Affreightment 11248
56 Control Charts 7808
57 Cost Flow 10119
58 Courier Service 14973
59 CPFR 8059
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11595
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43596
62 Date Code 17878
63 Days of Supply 19577
64 Dead on Arrival 9015
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7133
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7922
67 Detective Control 8744
68 Devanning 14055
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10672
70 Dispatching 23887
71 Distributed Inventory 8210
72 Distribution Channel Management 34250
73 Distribution Metrics 8828
74 Distribution Planning 23975
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14956
76 Double Marginalization 52329
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22073
78 Dual 5319
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20381
80 Echelon Inventory 25928
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38040
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49121
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7458
84 Efficient Frontier 25111
85 Engineer-to-Order 31399
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16075
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8148
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13231
91 Exponential smoothing 9669
92 External Growth 9874
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9263
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9747
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8533
97 Fishbone Diagram 14401
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26664
99 Flow Through Distribution 12117
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7989
101 FOB Destination 12786
102 Forward buying 29822
103 Freight Charge 10152
104 Freight Consolidation 7382
105 Gantt Chart 8162
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11515
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29282
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12492
109 Hub 23153
110 Idle Time 7916
111 Import/Export License 8548
112 In Bond Shipment 13705
113 Inbound Logistics 13308
114 Interstate System 10825
115 Inventory Costs 53012
116 Inventory in Transit 16195
117 Inventory Management 54089
118 Inventory Planning System 9640
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22040
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41739
 
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