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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) 22685
22 Average Speed of Answer 26379
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22700
24 Batch Production 37702
25 Bill Discounting 14172
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10840
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6934
28 Blanket Release 9781
29 Bonded Warehouse 9871
30 Booking Number 13443
31 Bottleneck 9259
32 Buffer Stock 58410
33 Build to Stock 12740
34 Bullwhip Effect 9309
35 Business Logistics 25150
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12345
37 Capacity Management 39667
38 Capacity Utilization 13809
39 Capital Intensive 8130
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8410
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11870
42 Certified Supplier 8831
43 Channel Effectiveness 8789
44 Co-Destiny 9062
45 Co-managed Inventory 12231
46 Co-Packers 11572
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6641
48 Computer-Based Training 7521
49 Consular Invoice 19368
50 Container Depot 10388
51 Container Freight Station 10138
52 Continuous Replenishment 19227
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11853
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11209
56 Control Charts 7783
57 Cost Flow 10089
58 Courier Service 14919
59 CPFR 8030
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11560
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43457
62 Date Code 17799
63 Days of Supply 19529
64 Dead on Arrival 8972
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7105
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7891
67 Detective Control 8716
68 Devanning 14021
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10634
70 Dispatching 23754
71 Distributed Inventory 8189
72 Distribution Channel Management 34150
73 Distribution Metrics 8770
74 Distribution Planning 23938
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14902
76 Double Marginalization 52278
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22030
78 Dual 5300
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20339
80 Echelon Inventory 25896
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37997
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48996
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7436
84 Efficient Frontier 25051
85 Engineer-to-Order 31325
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16011
87 Erlang B Formula 9134
88 ETD 8114
89 Ex Works 7692
90 Exception Rate 13195
91 Exponential smoothing 9641
92 External Growth 9853
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9237
94 Field Services 7603
95 Field Warehouse 9719
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8483
97 Fishbone Diagram 14356
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26595
99 Flow Through Distribution 12086
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7959
101 FOB Destination 12729
102 Forward buying 29784
103 Freight Charge 10130
104 Freight Consolidation 7357
105 Gantt Chart 8134
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11481
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29235
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12458
109 Hub 23105
110 Idle Time 7893
111 Import/Export License 8512
112 In Bond Shipment 13655
113 Inbound Logistics 13262
114 Interstate System 10799
115 Inventory Costs 52883
116 Inventory in Transit 16149
117 Inventory Management 53969
118 Inventory Planning System 9614
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21992
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41582
 
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