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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) 22002
22 Average Speed of Answer 25896
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21560
24 Batch Production 35991
25 Bill Discounting 13278
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10097
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6435
28 Blanket Release 9228
29 Bonded Warehouse 9376
30 Booking Number 12571
31 Bottleneck 8584
32 Buffer Stock 56016
33 Build to Stock 12154
34 Bullwhip Effect 8717
35 Business Logistics 23751
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11891
37 Capacity Management 36682
38 Capacity Utilization 13071
39 Capital Intensive 7487
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7608
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11161
42 Certified Supplier 8430
43 Channel Effectiveness 8339
44 Co-Destiny 8552
45 Co-managed Inventory 11582
46 Co-Packers 11098
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6023
48 Computer-Based Training 7151
49 Consular Invoice 18375
50 Container Depot 9881
51 Container Freight Station 9714
52 Continuous Replenishment 18578
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11311
54 Contract Carrier 6933
55 Contract of Affreightment 10782
56 Control Charts 7317
57 Cost Flow 9653
58 Courier Service 13889
59 CPFR 7552
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11045
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41416
62 Date Code 16781
63 Days of Supply 18797
64 Dead on Arrival 8283
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6722
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7351
67 Detective Control 8304
68 Devanning 13473
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9957
70 Dispatching 21870
71 Distributed Inventory 7782
72 Distribution Channel Management 32468
73 Distribution Metrics 7952
74 Distribution Planning 23253
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14149
76 Double Marginalization 51096
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21357
78 Dual 4844
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19875
80 Echelon Inventory 25361
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37034
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46859
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6937
84 Efficient Frontier 24025
85 Engineer-to-Order 30288
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14997
87 Erlang B Formula 8548
88 ETD 7644
89 Ex Works 7302
90 Exception Rate 12420
91 Exponential smoothing 9162
92 External Growth 9329
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8747
94 Field Services 7264
95 Field Warehouse 9248
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7648
97 Fishbone Diagram 13722
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25520
99 Flow Through Distribution 11473
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7435
101 FOB Destination 12023
102 Forward buying 28912
103 Freight Charge 9599
104 Freight Consolidation 6868
105 Gantt Chart 7728
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 10778
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28057
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 11945
109 Hub 22248
110 Idle Time 7433
111 Import/Export License 7979
112 In Bond Shipment 12817
113 Inbound Logistics 12471
114 Interstate System 10427
115 Inventory Costs 50670
116 Inventory in Transit 15267
117 Inventory Management 52096
118 Inventory Planning System 8965
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 20972
120 JIT (Just In Time) 38257
 
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