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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) 22636
22 Average Speed of Answer 26347
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22626
24 Batch Production 37595
25 Bill Discounting 14101
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10803
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6905
28 Blanket Release 9742
29 Bonded Warehouse 9843
30 Booking Number 13395
31 Bottleneck 9212
32 Buffer Stock 58289
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9279
35 Business Logistics 25077
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12310
37 Capacity Management 39501
38 Capacity Utilization 13760
39 Capital Intensive 8089
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8362
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11831
42 Certified Supplier 8802
43 Channel Effectiveness 8771
44 Co-Destiny 9040
45 Co-managed Inventory 12192
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6606
48 Computer-Based Training 7485
49 Consular Invoice 19322
50 Container Depot 10351
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19192
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11813
54 Contract Carrier 7197
55 Contract of Affreightment 11181
56 Control Charts 7752
57 Cost Flow 10061
58 Courier Service 14851
59 CPFR 8002
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11530
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43330
62 Date Code 17738
63 Days of Supply 19470
64 Dead on Arrival 8932
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7080
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7859
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13989
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10597
70 Dispatching 23646
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34059
73 Distribution Metrics 8720
74 Distribution Planning 23901
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14859
76 Double Marginalization 52203
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21995
78 Dual 5267
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20301
80 Echelon Inventory 25863
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37959
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48874
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7409
84 Efficient Frontier 24980
85 Engineer-to-Order 31262
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15961
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13152
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9692
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14307
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26531
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12683
102 Forward buying 29724
103 Freight Charge 10102
104 Freight Consolidation 7326
105 Gantt Chart 8117
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11421
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29183
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12429
109 Hub 23055
110 Idle Time 7867
111 Import/Export License 8482
112 In Bond Shipment 13615
113 Inbound Logistics 13220
114 Interstate System 10780
115 Inventory Costs 52773
116 Inventory in Transit 16105
117 Inventory Management 53860
118 Inventory Planning System 9586
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21930
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41408
 
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