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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) 22571
22 Average Speed of Answer 26307
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22501
24 Batch Production 37422
25 Bill Discounting 13996
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10721
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6858
28 Blanket Release 9695
29 Bonded Warehouse 9784
30 Booking Number 13306
31 Bottleneck 9122
32 Buffer Stock 58064
33 Build to Stock 12636
34 Bullwhip Effect 9202
35 Business Logistics 24937
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12263
37 Capacity Management 39216
38 Capacity Utilization 13670
39 Capital Intensive 8019
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8273
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11761
42 Certified Supplier 8771
43 Channel Effectiveness 8724
44 Co-Destiny 8990
45 Co-managed Inventory 12123
46 Co-Packers 11501
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6551
48 Computer-Based Training 7447
49 Consular Invoice 19209
50 Container Depot 10296
51 Container Freight Station 10081
52 Continuous Replenishment 19128
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11751
54 Contract Carrier 7173
55 Contract of Affreightment 11141
56 Control Charts 7709
57 Cost Flow 10015
58 Courier Service 14743
59 CPFR 7942
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11467
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43105
62 Date Code 17637
63 Days of Supply 19374
64 Dead on Arrival 8854
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7042
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7803
67 Detective Control 8656
68 Devanning 13940
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10538
70 Dispatching 23490
71 Distributed Inventory 8130
72 Distribution Channel Management 33884
73 Distribution Metrics 8632
74 Distribution Planning 23827
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14776
76 Double Marginalization 52070
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21931
78 Dual 5217
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20262
80 Echelon Inventory 25800
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37885
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48657
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7364
84 Efficient Frontier 24857
85 Engineer-to-Order 31163
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15823
87 Erlang B Formula 9034
88 ETD 8043
89 Ex Works 7642
90 Exception Rate 13071
91 Exponential smoothing 9569
92 External Growth 9767
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9164
94 Field Services 7558
95 Field Warehouse 9632
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8353
97 Fishbone Diagram 14245
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26430
99 Flow Through Distribution 11986
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7870
101 FOB Destination 12613
102 Forward buying 29635
103 Freight Charge 10053
104 Freight Consolidation 7271
105 Gantt Chart 8075
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11343
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29054
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12383
109 Hub 22964
110 Idle Time 7820
111 Import/Export License 8422
112 In Bond Shipment 13540
113 Inbound Logistics 13149
114 Interstate System 10748
115 Inventory Costs 52526
116 Inventory in Transit 16023
117 Inventory Management 53670
118 Inventory Planning System 9537
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21822
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41062
 
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