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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) 22969
22 Average Speed of Answer 26560
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23114
24 Batch Production 38369
25 Bill Discounting 14523
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11225
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7144
28 Blanket Release 10012
29 Bonded Warehouse 10059
30 Booking Number 13783
31 Bottleneck 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59234
33 Build to Stock 13015
34 Bullwhip Effect 9671
35 Business Logistics 25720
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12568
37 Capacity Management 40504
38 Capacity Utilization 14102
39 Capital Intensive 8408
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8733
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12129
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8927
44 Co-Destiny 9297
45 Co-managed Inventory 12559
46 Co-Packers 11769
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6870
48 Computer-Based Training 7691
49 Consular Invoice 19778
50 Container Depot 10606
51 Container Freight Station 10275
52 Continuous Replenishment 19556
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12075
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11413
56 Control Charts 7961
57 Cost Flow 10272
58 Courier Service 15230
59 CPFR 8220
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11797
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44139
62 Date Code 18222
63 Days of Supply 19835
64 Dead on Arrival 9318
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8104
67 Detective Control 8909
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10951
70 Dispatching 24508
71 Distributed Inventory 8354
72 Distribution Channel Management 34735
73 Distribution Metrics 9112
74 Distribution Planning 24199
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15209
76 Double Marginalization 52721
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22376
78 Dual 5440
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20608
80 Echelon Inventory 26201
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38261
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49714
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25476
85 Engineer-to-Order 31735
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16509
87 Erlang B Formula 9344
88 ETD 8328
89 Ex Works 7834
90 Exception Rate 13489
91 Exponential smoothing 9829
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9511
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10444
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8757
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27024
99 Flow Through Distribution 12306
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8174
101 FOB Destination 13030
102 Forward buying 30157
103 Freight Charge 10408
104 Freight Consolidation 7529
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11731
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29581
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12682
109 Hub 23428
110 Idle Time 8068
111 Import/Export License 8717
112 In Bond Shipment 13949
113 Inbound Logistics 13580
114 Interstate System 11002
115 Inventory Costs 53619
116 Inventory in Transit 16529
117 Inventory Management 54790
118 Inventory Planning System 9867
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22293
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42706
 
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