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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) 22835
22 Average Speed of Answer 26474
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22925
24 Batch Production 38021
25 Bill Discounting 14350
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11059
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7046
28 Blanket Release 9901
29 Bonded Warehouse 9975
30 Booking Number 13628
31 Bottleneck 9384
32 Buffer Stock 58835
33 Build to Stock 12835
34 Bullwhip Effect 9450
35 Business Logistics 25410
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12456
37 Capacity Management 40103
38 Capacity Utilization 13956
39 Capital Intensive 8275
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8582
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12002
42 Certified Supplier 8898
43 Channel Effectiveness 8853
44 Co-Destiny 9181
45 Co-managed Inventory 12353
46 Co-Packers 11668
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6763
48 Computer-Based Training 7606
49 Consular Invoice 19564
50 Container Depot 10515
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19357
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11963
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7876
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15083
59 CPFR 8123
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11680
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43846
62 Date Code 18049
63 Days of Supply 19686
64 Dead on Arrival 9103
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7217
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8813
68 Devanning 14120
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24189
71 Distributed Inventory 8268
72 Distribution Channel Management 34462
73 Distribution Metrics 8952
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52461
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22164
78 Dual 5373
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20475
80 Echelon Inventory 26032
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38136
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49357
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7525
84 Efficient Frontier 25279
85 Engineer-to-Order 31552
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16234
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8233
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13343
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9957
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9337
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9914
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8639
97 Fishbone Diagram 14500
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26822
99 Flow Through Distribution 12201
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8068
101 FOB Destination 12907
102 Forward buying 29921
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7443
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11605
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29404
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23268
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8617
112 In Bond Shipment 13788
113 Inbound Logistics 13434
114 Interstate System 10904
115 Inventory Costs 53267
116 Inventory in Transit 16303
117 Inventory Management 54405
118 Inventory Planning System 9703
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22151
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42175
 
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