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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) 22291
22 Average Speed of Answer 26140
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22031
24 Batch Production 36774
25 Bill Discounting 13683
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10403
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6633
28 Blanket Release 9501
29 Bonded Warehouse 9578
30 Booking Number 12963
31 Bottleneck 8847
32 Buffer Stock 57133
33 Build to Stock 12414
34 Bullwhip Effect 8989
35 Business Logistics 24459
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12086
37 Capacity Management 38092
38 Capacity Utilization 13397
39 Capital Intensive 7763
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7961
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11447
42 Certified Supplier 8617
43 Channel Effectiveness 8537
44 Co-Destiny 8778
45 Co-managed Inventory 11880
46 Co-Packers 11318
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6304
48 Computer-Based Training 7306
49 Consular Invoice 18780
50 Container Depot 10097
51 Container Freight Station 9894
52 Continuous Replenishment 18862
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11534
54 Contract Carrier 7050
55 Contract of Affreightment 10976
56 Control Charts 7506
57 Cost Flow 9831
58 Courier Service 14394
59 CPFR 7761
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11265
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42271
62 Date Code 17295
63 Days of Supply 19107
64 Dead on Arrival 8590
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6910
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7581
67 Detective Control 8495
68 Devanning 13729
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10270
70 Dispatching 22682
71 Distributed Inventory 7972
72 Distribution Channel Management 33292
73 Distribution Metrics 8267
74 Distribution Planning 23590
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14474
76 Double Marginalization 51558
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21670
78 Dual 5024
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20079
80 Echelon Inventory 25589
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37557
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47775
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7192
84 Efficient Frontier 24436
85 Engineer-to-Order 30763
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15373
87 Erlang B Formula 8808
88 ETD 7856
89 Ex Works 7484
90 Exception Rate 12744
91 Exponential smoothing 9379
92 External Growth 9601
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9007
94 Field Services 7412
95 Field Warehouse 9448
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8056
97 Fishbone Diagram 13979
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26014
99 Flow Through Distribution 11746
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7673
101 FOB Destination 12330
102 Forward buying 29275
103 Freight Charge 9859
104 Freight Consolidation 7090
105 Gantt Chart 7911
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11083
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28528
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12204
109 Hub 22632
110 Idle Time 7636
111 Import/Export License 8209
112 In Bond Shipment 13246
113 Inbound Logistics 12842
114 Interstate System 10594
115 Inventory Costs 51703
116 Inventory in Transit 15749
117 Inventory Management 52993
118 Inventory Planning System 9344
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21489
120 JIT (Just In Time) 39816
 
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