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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) 23140
22 Average Speed of Answer 26673
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23368
24 Batch Production 38733
25 Bill Discounting 14703
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11388
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7260
28 Blanket Release 10145
29 Bonded Warehouse 10177
30 Booking Number 14012
31 Bottleneck 9683
32 Buffer Stock 59632
33 Build to Stock 13135
34 Bullwhip Effect 9828
35 Business Logistics 26016
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12690
37 Capacity Management 41063
38 Capacity Utilization 14276
39 Capital Intensive 8569
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8922
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12271
42 Certified Supplier 9054
43 Channel Effectiveness 9041
44 Co-Destiny 9423
45 Co-managed Inventory 12707
46 Co-Packers 11899
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6999
48 Computer-Based Training 7788
49 Consular Invoice 19999
50 Container Depot 10715
51 Container Freight Station 10366
52 Continuous Replenishment 19703
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12198
54 Contract Carrier 7389
55 Contract of Affreightment 11535
56 Control Charts 8051
57 Cost Flow 10395
58 Courier Service 15393
59 CPFR 8328
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11924
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44503
62 Date Code 18506
63 Days of Supply 19999
64 Dead on Arrival 9477
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7413
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8240
67 Detective Control 9031
68 Devanning 14334
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11095
70 Dispatching 24777
71 Distributed Inventory 8461
72 Distribution Channel Management 35108
73 Distribution Metrics 9303
74 Distribution Planning 24364
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15402
76 Double Marginalization 52990
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22547
78 Dual 5517
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20750
80 Echelon Inventory 26410
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38432
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50127
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7725
84 Efficient Frontier 25712
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16772
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8432
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13656
91 Exponential smoothing 9930
92 External Growth 10215
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9639
94 Field Services 7821
95 Field Warehouse 10935
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8953
97 Fishbone Diagram 14747
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27297
99 Flow Through Distribution 12460
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8312
101 FOB Destination 13199
102 Forward buying 30394
103 Freight Charge 10513
104 Freight Consolidation 7618
105 Gantt Chart 8371
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11895
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29753
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12820
109 Hub 23612
110 Idle Time 8167
111 Import/Export License 8835
112 In Bond Shipment 14113
113 Inbound Logistics 13732
114 Interstate System 11120
115 Inventory Costs 54049
116 Inventory in Transit 16707
117 Inventory Management 55216
118 Inventory Planning System 9977
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22487
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43350
 
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