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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) 23046
22 Average Speed of Answer 26611
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23244
24 Batch Production 38536
25 Bill Discounting 14610
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11307
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7198
28 Blanket Release 10078
29 Bonded Warehouse 10110
30 Booking Number 13883
31 Bottleneck 9591
32 Buffer Stock 59462
33 Build to Stock 13070
34 Bullwhip Effect 9730
35 Business Logistics 25846
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12622
37 Capacity Management 40781
38 Capacity Utilization 14172
39 Capital Intensive 8484
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8821
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12201
42 Certified Supplier 9004
43 Channel Effectiveness 8976
44 Co-Destiny 9351
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11829
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6932
48 Computer-Based Training 7733
49 Consular Invoice 19894
50 Container Depot 10655
51 Container Freight Station 10313
52 Continuous Replenishment 19625
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12135
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11463
56 Control Charts 8005
57 Cost Flow 10333
58 Courier Service 15308
59 CPFR 8271
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11856
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44289
62 Date Code 18330
63 Days of Supply 19915
64 Dead on Arrival 9396
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7353
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8168
67 Detective Control 8958
68 Devanning 14268
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11020
70 Dispatching 24628
71 Distributed Inventory 8407
72 Distribution Channel Management 34914
73 Distribution Metrics 9202
74 Distribution Planning 24269
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15298
76 Double Marginalization 52856
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22457
78 Dual 5473
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20677
80 Echelon Inventory 26272
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38331
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49907
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7666
84 Efficient Frontier 25584
85 Engineer-to-Order 31843
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16627
87 Erlang B Formula 9398
88 ETD 8374
89 Ex Works 7874
90 Exception Rate 13560
91 Exponential smoothing 9869
92 External Growth 10141
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9571
94 Field Services 7777
95 Field Warehouse 10663
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8853
97 Fishbone Diagram 14671
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12372
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8232
101 FOB Destination 13116
102 Forward buying 30283
103 Freight Charge 10455
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8331
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11798
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29664
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12748
109 Hub 23520
110 Idle Time 8116
111 Import/Export License 8780
112 In Bond Shipment 14028
113 Inbound Logistics 13654
114 Interstate System 11063
115 Inventory Costs 53846
116 Inventory in Transit 16598
117 Inventory Management 54992
118 Inventory Planning System 9917
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22377
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43079
 
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