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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) 22651
22 Average Speed of Answer 26357
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22650
24 Batch Production 37629
25 Bill Discounting 14125
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10814
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6916
28 Blanket Release 9753
29 Bonded Warehouse 9850
30 Booking Number 13411
31 Bottleneck 9228
32 Buffer Stock 58326
33 Build to Stock 12714
34 Bullwhip Effect 9286
35 Business Logistics 25102
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12323
37 Capacity Management 39553
38 Capacity Utilization 13775
39 Capital Intensive 8099
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8382
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11844
42 Certified Supplier 8809
43 Channel Effectiveness 8775
44 Co-Destiny 9045
45 Co-managed Inventory 12207
46 Co-Packers 11553
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6618
48 Computer-Based Training 7496
49 Consular Invoice 19336
50 Container Depot 10363
51 Container Freight Station 10128
52 Continuous Replenishment 19203
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11824
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11190
56 Control Charts 7760
57 Cost Flow 10069
58 Courier Service 14876
59 CPFR 8010
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11537
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43375
62 Date Code 17759
63 Days of Supply 19495
64 Dead on Arrival 8942
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7089
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7872
67 Detective Control 8697
68 Devanning 13999
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10610
70 Dispatching 23676
71 Distributed Inventory 8172
72 Distribution Channel Management 34093
73 Distribution Metrics 8734
74 Distribution Planning 23919
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14871
76 Double Marginalization 52236
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22006
78 Dual 5278
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20312
80 Echelon Inventory 25876
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37970
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48911
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7419
84 Efficient Frontier 24998
85 Engineer-to-Order 31281
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15979
87 Erlang B Formula 9111
88 ETD 8099
89 Ex Works 7679
90 Exception Rate 13164
91 Exponential smoothing 9622
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7589
95 Field Warehouse 9698
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8454
97 Fishbone Diagram 14318
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26554
99 Flow Through Distribution 12062
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7938
101 FOB Destination 12697
102 Forward buying 29741
103 Freight Charge 10110
104 Freight Consolidation 7338
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11442
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29205
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12441
109 Hub 23072
110 Idle Time 7875
111 Import/Export License 8494
112 In Bond Shipment 13631
113 Inbound Logistics 13236
114 Interstate System 10787
115 Inventory Costs 52804
116 Inventory in Transit 16116
117 Inventory Management 53903
118 Inventory Planning System 9597
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21949
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41469
 
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