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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) 23165
22 Average Speed of Answer 26694
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23409
24 Batch Production 38799
25 Bill Discounting 14737
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11425
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7282
28 Blanket Release 10168
29 Bonded Warehouse 10200
30 Booking Number 14054
31 Bottleneck 9712
32 Buffer Stock 59680
33 Build to Stock 13154
34 Bullwhip Effect 9871
35 Business Logistics 26052
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12718
37 Capacity Management 41166
38 Capacity Utilization 14312
39 Capital Intensive 8595
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8956
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12299
42 Certified Supplier 9066
43 Channel Effectiveness 9065
44 Co-Destiny 9442
45 Co-managed Inventory 12735
46 Co-Packers 11920
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7024
48 Computer-Based Training 7806
49 Consular Invoice 20044
50 Container Depot 10739
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19730
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12220
54 Contract Carrier 7401
55 Contract of Affreightment 11556
56 Control Charts 8070
57 Cost Flow 10422
58 Courier Service 15421
59 CPFR 8345
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11952
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44565
62 Date Code 18545
63 Days of Supply 20026
64 Dead on Arrival 9507
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7435
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8264
67 Detective Control 9063
68 Devanning 14354
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11125
70 Dispatching 24830
71 Distributed Inventory 8476
72 Distribution Channel Management 35159
73 Distribution Metrics 9344
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15432
76 Double Marginalization 53041
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22585
78 Dual 5541
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20771
80 Echelon Inventory 26460
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38465
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50199
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7744
84 Efficient Frontier 25749
85 Engineer-to-Order 31991
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16820
87 Erlang B Formula 9476
88 ETD 8456
89 Ex Works 7944
90 Exception Rate 13685
91 Exponential smoothing 9946
92 External Growth 10242
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11039
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8992
97 Fishbone Diagram 14780
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27356
99 Flow Through Distribution 12490
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8344
101 FOB Destination 13228
102 Forward buying 30435
103 Freight Charge 10531
104 Freight Consolidation 7636
105 Gantt Chart 8386
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11936
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29778
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12849
109 Hub 23653
110 Idle Time 8196
111 Import/Export License 8856
112 In Bond Shipment 14141
113 Inbound Logistics 13760
114 Interstate System 11140
115 Inventory Costs 54114
116 Inventory in Transit 16751
117 Inventory Management 55305
118 Inventory Planning System 10004
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22522
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43476
 
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