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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) 22911
22 Average Speed of Answer 26514
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23023
24 Batch Production 38224
25 Bill Discounting 14442
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11136
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7099
28 Blanket Release 9959
29 Bonded Warehouse 10023
30 Booking Number 13704
31 Bottleneck 9448
32 Buffer Stock 59086
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9519
35 Business Logistics 25532
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12519
37 Capacity Management 40315
38 Capacity Utilization 14032
39 Capital Intensive 8344
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8657
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12062
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8890
44 Co-Destiny 9242
45 Co-managed Inventory 12409
46 Co-Packers 11716
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6810
48 Computer-Based Training 7652
49 Consular Invoice 19676
50 Container Depot 10561
51 Container Freight Station 10243
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12024
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11366
56 Control Charts 7917
57 Cost Flow 10218
58 Courier Service 15166
59 CPFR 8171
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11733
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44008
62 Date Code 18139
63 Days of Supply 19759
64 Dead on Arrival 9178
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7263
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8056
67 Detective Control 8865
68 Devanning 14169
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10816
70 Dispatching 24365
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34592
73 Distribution Metrics 9037
74 Distribution Planning 24136
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15147
76 Double Marginalization 52561
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22229
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20542
80 Echelon Inventory 26120
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38199
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49525
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7569
84 Efficient Frontier 25374
85 Engineer-to-Order 31648
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16332
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8282
89 Ex Works 7800
90 Exception Rate 13418
91 Exponential smoothing 9782
92 External Growth 10016
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9377
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10238
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8704
97 Fishbone Diagram 14553
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26925
99 Flow Through Distribution 12258
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8122
101 FOB Destination 12967
102 Forward buying 30004
103 Freight Charge 10277
104 Freight Consolidation 7487
105 Gantt Chart 8254
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11669
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29498
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12627
109 Hub 23344
110 Idle Time 8020
111 Import/Export License 8664
112 In Bond Shipment 13874
113 Inbound Logistics 13514
114 Interstate System 10956
115 Inventory Costs 53429
116 Inventory in Transit 16372
117 Inventory Management 54566
118 Inventory Planning System 9740
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22228
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42458
 
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