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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) 23048
22 Average Speed of Answer 26611
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23246
24 Batch Production 38539
25 Bill Discounting 14611
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11308
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7200
28 Blanket Release 10080
29 Bonded Warehouse 10112
30 Booking Number 13884
31 Bottleneck 9592
32 Buffer Stock 59463
33 Build to Stock 13071
34 Bullwhip Effect 9731
35 Business Logistics 25848
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12624
37 Capacity Management 40785
38 Capacity Utilization 14172
39 Capital Intensive 8487
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8824
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12204
42 Certified Supplier 9006
43 Channel Effectiveness 8977
44 Co-Destiny 9352
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11830
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6934
48 Computer-Based Training 7734
49 Consular Invoice 19895
50 Container Depot 10655
51 Container Freight Station 10315
52 Continuous Replenishment 19627
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12136
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11465
56 Control Charts 8006
57 Cost Flow 10334
58 Courier Service 15310
59 CPFR 8272
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11859
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44294
62 Date Code 18331
63 Days of Supply 19915
64 Dead on Arrival 9399
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7353
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8171
67 Detective Control 8960
68 Devanning 14270
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11021
70 Dispatching 24632
71 Distributed Inventory 8407
72 Distribution Channel Management 34919
73 Distribution Metrics 9203
74 Distribution Planning 24269
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15299
76 Double Marginalization 52857
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22459
78 Dual 5475
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20678
80 Echelon Inventory 26274
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38332
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49911
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7666
84 Efficient Frontier 25586
85 Engineer-to-Order 31846
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16630
87 Erlang B Formula 9399
88 ETD 8374
89 Ex Works 7877
90 Exception Rate 13564
91 Exponential smoothing 9871
92 External Growth 10143
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9571
94 Field Services 7778
95 Field Warehouse 10667
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8854
97 Fishbone Diagram 14673
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27160
99 Flow Through Distribution 12376
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8234
101 FOB Destination 13117
102 Forward buying 30288
103 Freight Charge 10458
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8331
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11800
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29664
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12750
109 Hub 23525
110 Idle Time 8118
111 Import/Export License 8780
112 In Bond Shipment 14031
113 Inbound Logistics 13657
114 Interstate System 11063
115 Inventory Costs 53848
116 Inventory in Transit 16601
117 Inventory Management 54994
118 Inventory Planning System 9917
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22378
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43084
 
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