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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) 22662
22 Average Speed of Answer 26366
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22666
24 Batch Production 37670
25 Bill Discounting 14153
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10825
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6925
28 Blanket Release 9761
29 Bonded Warehouse 9858
30 Booking Number 13421
31 Bottleneck 9247
32 Buffer Stock 58354
33 Build to Stock 12721
34 Bullwhip Effect 9295
35 Business Logistics 25120
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12331
37 Capacity Management 39600
38 Capacity Utilization 13788
39 Capital Intensive 8111
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8391
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11857
42 Certified Supplier 8818
43 Channel Effectiveness 8780
44 Co-Destiny 9051
45 Co-managed Inventory 12216
46 Co-Packers 11556
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6627
48 Computer-Based Training 7510
49 Consular Invoice 19346
50 Container Depot 10375
51 Container Freight Station 10133
52 Continuous Replenishment 19213
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11838
54 Contract Carrier 7207
55 Contract of Affreightment 11201
56 Control Charts 7770
57 Cost Flow 10078
58 Courier Service 14902
59 CPFR 8021
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11548
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43407
62 Date Code 17775
63 Days of Supply 19507
64 Dead on Arrival 8952
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7091
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7879
67 Detective Control 8704
68 Devanning 14005
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10621
70 Dispatching 23703
71 Distributed Inventory 8180
72 Distribution Channel Management 34114
73 Distribution Metrics 8747
74 Distribution Planning 23929
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14881
76 Double Marginalization 52256
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22016
78 Dual 5291
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20320
80 Echelon Inventory 25879
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37982
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48939
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7426
84 Efficient Frontier 25017
85 Engineer-to-Order 31293
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15987
87 Erlang B Formula 9127
88 ETD 8106
89 Ex Works 7683
90 Exception Rate 13177
91 Exponential smoothing 9629
92 External Growth 9842
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9226
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9709
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8465
97 Fishbone Diagram 14334
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26568
99 Flow Through Distribution 12074
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7949
101 FOB Destination 12711
102 Forward buying 29755
103 Freight Charge 10119
104 Freight Consolidation 7345
105 Gantt Chart 8128
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11464
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29221
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12445
109 Hub 23082
110 Idle Time 7881
111 Import/Export License 8503
112 In Bond Shipment 13640
113 Inbound Logistics 13245
114 Interstate System 10793
115 Inventory Costs 52832
116 Inventory in Transit 16128
117 Inventory Management 53928
118 Inventory Planning System 9603
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21967
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41512
 
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