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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) 23000
22 Average Speed of Answer 26578
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23165
24 Batch Production 38429
25 Bill Discounting 14557
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11247
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7167
28 Blanket Release 10042
29 Bonded Warehouse 10082
30 Booking Number 13821
31 Bottleneck 9545
32 Buffer Stock 59329
33 Build to Stock 13035
34 Bullwhip Effect 9694
35 Business Logistics 25772
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12587
37 Capacity Management 40604
38 Capacity Utilization 14129
39 Capital Intensive 8433
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8767
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12156
42 Certified Supplier 8978
43 Channel Effectiveness 8946
44 Co-Destiny 9319
45 Co-managed Inventory 12580
46 Co-Packers 11800
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6899
48 Computer-Based Training 7705
49 Consular Invoice 19826
50 Container Depot 10626
51 Container Freight Station 10294
52 Continuous Replenishment 19583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11434
56 Control Charts 7978
57 Cost Flow 10293
58 Courier Service 15265
59 CPFR 8242
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11821
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44204
62 Date Code 18264
63 Days of Supply 19860
64 Dead on Arrival 9345
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7328
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8129
67 Detective Control 8927
68 Devanning 14229
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10983
70 Dispatching 24557
71 Distributed Inventory 8373
72 Distribution Channel Management 34794
73 Distribution Metrics 9139
74 Distribution Planning 24226
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15241
76 Double Marginalization 52782
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22405
78 Dual 5456
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20635
80 Echelon Inventory 26237
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38294
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49784
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7633
84 Efficient Frontier 25516
85 Engineer-to-Order 31782
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16553
87 Erlang B Formula 9363
88 ETD 8345
89 Ex Works 7849
90 Exception Rate 13514
91 Exponential smoothing 9843
92 External Growth 10096
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7756
95 Field Warehouse 10538
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8791
97 Fishbone Diagram 14627
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27070
99 Flow Through Distribution 12332
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8198
101 FOB Destination 13059
102 Forward buying 30199
103 Freight Charge 10426
104 Freight Consolidation 7544
105 Gantt Chart 8303
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11753
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29614
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12706
109 Hub 23460
110 Idle Time 8085
111 Import/Export License 8740
112 In Bond Shipment 13984
113 Inbound Logistics 13613
114 Interstate System 11026
115 Inventory Costs 53718
116 Inventory in Transit 16558
117 Inventory Management 54873
118 Inventory Planning System 9888
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22329
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42830
 
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