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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) 22881
22 Average Speed of Answer 26504
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22980
24 Batch Production 38155
25 Bill Discounting 14404
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11114
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7081
28 Blanket Release 9938
29 Bonded Warehouse 10003
30 Booking Number 13675
31 Bottleneck 9429
32 Buffer Stock 58989
33 Build to Stock 12864
34 Bullwhip Effect 9490
35 Business Logistics 25481
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12495
37 Capacity Management 40227
38 Capacity Utilization 13999
39 Capital Intensive 8319
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8624
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12043
42 Certified Supplier 8924
43 Channel Effectiveness 8875
44 Co-Destiny 9216
45 Co-managed Inventory 12386
46 Co-Packers 11696
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6792
48 Computer-Based Training 7634
49 Consular Invoice 19631
50 Container Depot 10544
51 Container Freight Station 10231
52 Continuous Replenishment 19391
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12000
54 Contract Carrier 7287
55 Contract of Affreightment 11341
56 Control Charts 7900
57 Cost Flow 10202
58 Courier Service 15131
59 CPFR 8154
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11713
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43950
62 Date Code 18095
63 Days of Supply 19730
64 Dead on Arrival 9148
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7245
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8036
67 Detective Control 8848
68 Devanning 14154
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10793
70 Dispatching 24301
71 Distributed Inventory 8296
72 Distribution Channel Management 34533
73 Distribution Metrics 9010
74 Distribution Planning 24111
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15116
76 Double Marginalization 52520
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22208
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20519
80 Echelon Inventory 26086
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38175
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49462
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7555
84 Efficient Frontier 25334
85 Engineer-to-Order 31612
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16293
87 Erlang B Formula 9279
88 ETD 8266
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13392
91 Exponential smoothing 9768
92 External Growth 9995
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9362
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10112
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26881
99 Flow Through Distribution 12236
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8099
101 FOB Destination 12948
102 Forward buying 29970
103 Freight Charge 10259
104 Freight Consolidation 7473
105 Gantt Chart 8236
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11646
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29461
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12608
109 Hub 23308
110 Idle Time 8003
111 Import/Export License 8649
112 In Bond Shipment 13835
113 Inbound Logistics 13481
114 Interstate System 10935
115 Inventory Costs 53369
116 Inventory in Transit 16346
117 Inventory Management 54502
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22201
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42350
 
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