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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) 22505
22 Average Speed of Answer 26278
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22387
24 Batch Production 37303
25 Bill Discounting 13939
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10658
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6824
28 Blanket Release 9661
29 Bonded Warehouse 9737
30 Booking Number 13220
31 Bottleneck 9067
32 Buffer Stock 57890
33 Build to Stock 12594
34 Bullwhip Effect 9151
35 Business Logistics 24843
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12230
37 Capacity Management 39000
38 Capacity Utilization 13620
39 Capital Intensive 7965
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8197
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11698
42 Certified Supplier 8739
43 Channel Effectiveness 8689
44 Co-Destiny 8954
45 Co-managed Inventory 12078
46 Co-Packers 11470
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6499
48 Computer-Based Training 7423
49 Consular Invoice 19141
50 Container Depot 10247
51 Container Freight Station 10057
52 Continuous Replenishment 19068
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11718
54 Contract Carrier 7149
55 Contract of Affreightment 11109
56 Control Charts 7668
57 Cost Flow 9977
58 Courier Service 14667
59 CPFR 7905
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11422
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42924
62 Date Code 17581
63 Days of Supply 19322
64 Dead on Arrival 8808
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7018
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7755
67 Detective Control 8626
68 Devanning 13902
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10478
70 Dispatching 23359
71 Distributed Inventory 8099
72 Distribution Channel Management 33753
73 Distribution Metrics 8562
74 Distribution Planning 23769
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14711
76 Double Marginalization 51953
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21890
78 Dual 5182
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20226
80 Echelon Inventory 25756
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37822
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48487
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7334
84 Efficient Frontier 24776
85 Engineer-to-Order 31074
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15740
87 Erlang B Formula 8984
88 ETD 8008
89 Ex Works 7613
90 Exception Rate 13002
91 Exponential smoothing 9518
92 External Growth 9736
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9130
94 Field Services 7523
95 Field Warehouse 9584
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8301
97 Fishbone Diagram 14201
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26349
99 Flow Through Distribution 11946
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7832
101 FOB Destination 12548
102 Forward buying 29559
103 Freight Charge 10021
104 Freight Consolidation 7227
105 Gantt Chart 8048
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11298
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28944
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12359
109 Hub 22910
110 Idle Time 7780
111 Import/Export License 8382
112 In Bond Shipment 13470
113 Inbound Logistics 13080
114 Interstate System 10725
115 Inventory Costs 52364
116 Inventory in Transit 15970
117 Inventory Management 53537
118 Inventory Planning System 9498
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21753
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40791
 
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