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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) 22559
22 Average Speed of Answer 26301
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22480
24 Batch Production 37404
25 Bill Discounting 13988
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10714
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6851
28 Blanket Release 9687
29 Bonded Warehouse 9774
30 Booking Number 13290
31 Bottleneck 9108
32 Buffer Stock 58030
33 Build to Stock 12625
34 Bullwhip Effect 9197
35 Business Logistics 24919
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12258
37 Capacity Management 39183
38 Capacity Utilization 13662
39 Capital Intensive 8007
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8262
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11747
42 Certified Supplier 8766
43 Channel Effectiveness 8719
44 Co-Destiny 8984
45 Co-managed Inventory 12113
46 Co-Packers 11494
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6545
48 Computer-Based Training 7444
49 Consular Invoice 19196
50 Container Depot 10285
51 Container Freight Station 10077
52 Continuous Replenishment 19115
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11744
54 Contract Carrier 7165
55 Contract of Affreightment 11136
56 Control Charts 7699
57 Cost Flow 10008
58 Courier Service 14732
59 CPFR 7938
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11461
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43071
62 Date Code 17626
63 Days of Supply 19368
64 Dead on Arrival 8844
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7038
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7794
67 Detective Control 8653
68 Devanning 13936
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10531
70 Dispatching 23467
71 Distributed Inventory 8125
72 Distribution Channel Management 33859
73 Distribution Metrics 8617
74 Distribution Planning 23819
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14761
76 Double Marginalization 52047
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21926
78 Dual 5213
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20254
80 Echelon Inventory 25792
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37875
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48627
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7356
84 Efficient Frontier 24846
85 Engineer-to-Order 31146
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15813
87 Erlang B Formula 9023
88 ETD 8037
89 Ex Works 7635
90 Exception Rate 13057
91 Exponential smoothing 9561
92 External Growth 9764
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9158
94 Field Services 7550
95 Field Warehouse 9623
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8342
97 Fishbone Diagram 14237
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26418
99 Flow Through Distribution 11979
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7862
101 FOB Destination 12602
102 Forward buying 29624
103 Freight Charge 10047
104 Freight Consolidation 7262
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11335
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29035
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12376
109 Hub 22953
110 Idle Time 7813
111 Import/Export License 8414
112 In Bond Shipment 13528
113 Inbound Logistics 13140
114 Interstate System 10745
115 Inventory Costs 52500
116 Inventory in Transit 16016
117 Inventory Management 53639
118 Inventory Planning System 9531
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21814
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41012
 
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