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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) 22857
22 Average Speed of Answer 26487
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22946
24 Batch Production 38078
25 Bill Discounting 14373
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11085
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7061
28 Blanket Release 9919
29 Bonded Warehouse 9987
30 Booking Number 13651
31 Bottleneck 9407
32 Buffer Stock 58911
33 Build to Stock 12851
34 Bullwhip Effect 9469
35 Business Logistics 25444
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12471
37 Capacity Management 40164
38 Capacity Utilization 13973
39 Capital Intensive 8291
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8608
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8907
43 Channel Effectiveness 8864
44 Co-Destiny 9197
45 Co-managed Inventory 12369
46 Co-Packers 11680
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6775
48 Computer-Based Training 7619
49 Consular Invoice 19599
50 Container Depot 10530
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19379
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11981
54 Contract Carrier 7277
55 Contract of Affreightment 11328
56 Control Charts 7892
57 Cost Flow 10187
58 Courier Service 15104
59 CPFR 8143
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11697
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43892
62 Date Code 18070
63 Days of Supply 19705
64 Dead on Arrival 9126
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7227
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8018
67 Detective Control 8832
68 Devanning 14134
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10774
70 Dispatching 24251
71 Distributed Inventory 8283
72 Distribution Channel Management 34505
73 Distribution Metrics 8979
74 Distribution Planning 24090
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15091
76 Double Marginalization 52489
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22184
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20494
80 Echelon Inventory 26057
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38155
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49415
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7540
84 Efficient Frontier 25301
85 Engineer-to-Order 31575
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16267
87 Erlang B Formula 9266
88 ETD 8251
89 Ex Works 7776
90 Exception Rate 13365
91 Exponential smoothing 9755
92 External Growth 9977
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9347
94 Field Services 7686
95 Field Warehouse 10005
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8653
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26848
99 Flow Through Distribution 12215
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8084
101 FOB Destination 12937
102 Forward buying 29947
103 Freight Charge 10245
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11624
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29436
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12591
109 Hub 23289
110 Idle Time 7989
111 Import/Export License 8633
112 In Bond Shipment 13812
113 Inbound Logistics 13458
114 Interstate System 10917
115 Inventory Costs 53315
116 Inventory in Transit 16320
117 Inventory Management 54449
118 Inventory Planning System 9716
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22171
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42257
 
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