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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) 23037
22 Average Speed of Answer 26602
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23225
24 Batch Production 38510
25 Bill Discounting 14603
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11295
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7191
28 Blanket Release 10072
29 Bonded Warehouse 10102
30 Booking Number 13867
31 Bottleneck 9576
32 Buffer Stock 59443
33 Build to Stock 13062
34 Bullwhip Effect 9717
35 Business Logistics 25833
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12612
37 Capacity Management 40740
38 Capacity Utilization 14163
39 Capital Intensive 8473
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8808
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12189
42 Certified Supplier 9000
43 Channel Effectiveness 8969
44 Co-Destiny 9340
45 Co-managed Inventory 12615
46 Co-Packers 11819
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6923
48 Computer-Based Training 7725
49 Consular Invoice 19877
50 Container Depot 10645
51 Container Freight Station 10308
52 Continuous Replenishment 19619
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12127
54 Contract Carrier 7348
55 Contract of Affreightment 11456
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10320
58 Courier Service 15298
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11846
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44275
62 Date Code 18316
63 Days of Supply 19901
64 Dead on Arrival 9385
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8157
67 Detective Control 8950
68 Devanning 14260
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11010
70 Dispatching 24611
71 Distributed Inventory 8397
72 Distribution Channel Management 34886
73 Distribution Metrics 9187
74 Distribution Planning 24253
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15284
76 Double Marginalization 52841
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22449
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26261
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38318
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49876
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7656
84 Efficient Frontier 25574
85 Engineer-to-Order 31836
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16610
87 Erlang B Formula 9388
88 ETD 8367
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13549
91 Exponential smoothing 9862
92 External Growth 10129
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9562
94 Field Services 7770
95 Field Warehouse 10630
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8840
97 Fishbone Diagram 14659
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27142
99 Flow Through Distribution 12362
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8222
101 FOB Destination 13105
102 Forward buying 30263
103 Freight Charge 10448
104 Freight Consolidation 7571
105 Gantt Chart 8327
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11784
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29652
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12739
109 Hub 23504
110 Idle Time 8107
111 Import/Export License 8768
112 In Bond Shipment 14022
113 Inbound Logistics 13640
114 Interstate System 11052
115 Inventory Costs 53813
116 Inventory in Transit 16589
117 Inventory Management 54963
118 Inventory Planning System 9909
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22360
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43025
 
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