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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) 22591
22 Average Speed of Answer 26315
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22544
24 Batch Production 37466
25 Bill Discounting 14024
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10744
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6866
28 Blanket Release 9706
29 Bonded Warehouse 9798
30 Booking Number 13335
31 Bottleneck 9138
32 Buffer Stock 58129
33 Build to Stock 12658
34 Bullwhip Effect 9221
35 Business Logistics 24981
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12272
37 Capacity Management 39303
38 Capacity Utilization 13694
39 Capital Intensive 8033
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8298
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11779
42 Certified Supplier 8777
43 Channel Effectiveness 8738
44 Co-Destiny 8997
45 Co-managed Inventory 12143
46 Co-Packers 11507
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6568
48 Computer-Based Training 7456
49 Consular Invoice 19244
50 Container Depot 10307
51 Container Freight Station 10089
52 Continuous Replenishment 19146
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11767
54 Contract Carrier 7177
55 Contract of Affreightment 11151
56 Control Charts 7716
57 Cost Flow 10026
58 Courier Service 14774
59 CPFR 7955
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11482
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43182
62 Date Code 17671
63 Days of Supply 19407
64 Dead on Arrival 8876
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7052
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7817
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13950
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10554
70 Dispatching 23531
71 Distributed Inventory 8141
72 Distribution Channel Management 33944
73 Distribution Metrics 8654
74 Distribution Planning 23843
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14795
76 Double Marginalization 52108
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21949
78 Dual 5225
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20273
80 Echelon Inventory 25821
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37907
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48716
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7374
84 Efficient Frontier 24890
85 Engineer-to-Order 31193
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15866
87 Erlang B Formula 9046
88 ETD 8053
89 Ex Works 7650
90 Exception Rate 13091
91 Exponential smoothing 9579
92 External Growth 9787
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9175
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9647
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8373
97 Fishbone Diagram 14267
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26460
99 Flow Through Distribution 11999
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7885
101 FOB Destination 12636
102 Forward buying 29660
103 Freight Charge 10063
104 Freight Consolidation 7284
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11358
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29116
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12395
109 Hub 22990
110 Idle Time 7832
111 Import/Export License 8441
112 In Bond Shipment 13564
113 Inbound Logistics 13167
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52610
116 Inventory in Transit 16045
117 Inventory Management 53722
118 Inventory Planning System 9547
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21844
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41162
 
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