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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) 23004
22 Average Speed of Answer 26581
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23182
24 Batch Production 38445
25 Bill Discounting 14565
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11259
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7171
28 Blanket Release 10047
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13835
31 Bottleneck 9552
32 Buffer Stock 59351
33 Build to Stock 13043
34 Bullwhip Effect 9698
35 Business Logistics 25782
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12589
37 Capacity Management 40622
38 Capacity Utilization 14134
39 Capital Intensive 8439
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8774
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12165
42 Certified Supplier 8980
43 Channel Effectiveness 8950
44 Co-Destiny 9322
45 Co-managed Inventory 12588
46 Co-Packers 11802
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6903
48 Computer-Based Training 7709
49 Consular Invoice 19833
50 Container Depot 10628
51 Container Freight Station 10296
52 Continuous Replenishment 19591
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12105
54 Contract Carrier 7331
55 Contract of Affreightment 11440
56 Control Charts 7980
57 Cost Flow 10294
58 Courier Service 15276
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11825
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44214
62 Date Code 18274
63 Days of Supply 19864
64 Dead on Arrival 9348
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8137
67 Detective Control 8929
68 Devanning 14236
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10988
70 Dispatching 24566
71 Distributed Inventory 8377
72 Distribution Channel Management 34815
73 Distribution Metrics 9147
74 Distribution Planning 24230
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15248
76 Double Marginalization 52794
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22411
78 Dual 5459
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20640
80 Echelon Inventory 26241
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38297
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49795
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7636
84 Efficient Frontier 25527
85 Engineer-to-Order 31791
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16562
87 Erlang B Formula 9368
88 ETD 8348
89 Ex Works 7853
90 Exception Rate 13520
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10103
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9538
94 Field Services 7759
95 Field Warehouse 10555
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8799
97 Fishbone Diagram 14632
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27084
99 Flow Through Distribution 12337
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8201
101 FOB Destination 13063
102 Forward buying 30216
103 Freight Charge 10431
104 Freight Consolidation 7550
105 Gantt Chart 8307
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11758
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29619
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12713
109 Hub 23467
110 Idle Time 8087
111 Import/Export License 8743
112 In Bond Shipment 13993
113 Inbound Logistics 13618
114 Interstate System 11029
115 Inventory Costs 53730
116 Inventory in Transit 16565
117 Inventory Management 54895
118 Inventory Planning System 9892
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22333
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42860
 
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