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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) 22538
22 Average Speed of Answer 26293
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22441
24 Batch Production 37370
25 Bill Discounting 13971
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10704
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6845
28 Blanket Release 9681
29 Bonded Warehouse 9762
30 Booking Number 13271
31 Bottleneck 9089
32 Buffer Stock 57987
33 Build to Stock 12618
34 Bullwhip Effect 9177
35 Business Logistics 24897
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12248
37 Capacity Management 39118
38 Capacity Utilization 13652
39 Capital Intensive 7994
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8238
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11732
42 Certified Supplier 8756
43 Channel Effectiveness 8711
44 Co-Destiny 8976
45 Co-managed Inventory 12102
46 Co-Packers 11491
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6528
48 Computer-Based Training 7439
49 Consular Invoice 19172
50 Container Depot 10271
51 Container Freight Station 10073
52 Continuous Replenishment 19099
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11738
54 Contract Carrier 7161
55 Contract of Affreightment 11129
56 Control Charts 7689
57 Cost Flow 9997
58 Courier Service 14699
59 CPFR 7927
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11452
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43023
62 Date Code 17610
63 Days of Supply 19352
64 Dead on Arrival 8830
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7032
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7787
67 Detective Control 8645
68 Devanning 13928
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10502
70 Dispatching 23434
71 Distributed Inventory 8120
72 Distribution Channel Management 33827
73 Distribution Metrics 8596
74 Distribution Planning 23808
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14744
76 Double Marginalization 52010
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21915
78 Dual 5201
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20244
80 Echelon Inventory 25785
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37856
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48586
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7350
84 Efficient Frontier 24824
85 Engineer-to-Order 31121
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15789
87 Erlang B Formula 9008
88 ETD 8027
89 Ex Works 7631
90 Exception Rate 13035
91 Exponential smoothing 9545
92 External Growth 9754
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9152
94 Field Services 7543
95 Field Warehouse 9612
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8329
97 Fishbone Diagram 14223
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26396
99 Flow Through Distribution 11967
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7850
101 FOB Destination 12587
102 Forward buying 29607
103 Freight Charge 10040
104 Freight Consolidation 7248
105 Gantt Chart 8063
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11322
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29005
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12373
109 Hub 22938
110 Idle Time 7799
111 Import/Export License 8404
112 In Bond Shipment 13505
113 Inbound Logistics 13122
114 Interstate System 10739
115 Inventory Costs 52452
116 Inventory in Transit 16000
117 Inventory Management 53609
118 Inventory Planning System 9520
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21792
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40946
 
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