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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) 23016
22 Average Speed of Answer 26587
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23195
24 Batch Production 38466
25 Bill Discounting 14584
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11268
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7176
28 Blanket Release 10053
29 Bonded Warehouse 10093
30 Booking Number 13851
31 Bottleneck 9563
32 Buffer Stock 59379
33 Build to Stock 13050
34 Bullwhip Effect 9704
35 Business Logistics 25803
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12597
37 Capacity Management 40672
38 Capacity Utilization 14145
39 Capital Intensive 8452
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8785
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12175
42 Certified Supplier 8988
43 Channel Effectiveness 8957
44 Co-Destiny 9329
45 Co-managed Inventory 12598
46 Co-Packers 11808
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6907
48 Computer-Based Training 7714
49 Consular Invoice 19847
50 Container Depot 10633
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19600
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12113
54 Contract Carrier 7338
55 Contract of Affreightment 11448
56 Control Charts 7985
57 Cost Flow 10303
58 Courier Service 15282
59 CPFR 8254
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11834
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44237
62 Date Code 18293
63 Days of Supply 19880
64 Dead on Arrival 9363
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7336
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8146
67 Detective Control 8936
68 Devanning 14242
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10998
70 Dispatching 24586
71 Distributed Inventory 8385
72 Distribution Channel Management 34843
73 Distribution Metrics 9164
74 Distribution Planning 24238
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15263
76 Double Marginalization 52814
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22426
78 Dual 5464
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20647
80 Echelon Inventory 26248
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38306
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49827
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7643
84 Efficient Frontier 25550
85 Engineer-to-Order 31812
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16581
87 Erlang B Formula 9378
88 ETD 8355
89 Ex Works 7861
90 Exception Rate 13534
91 Exponential smoothing 9848
92 External Growth 10114
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7764
95 Field Warehouse 10587
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8815
97 Fishbone Diagram 14642
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27110
99 Flow Through Distribution 12350
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8205
101 FOB Destination 13081
102 Forward buying 30242
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7558
105 Gantt Chart 8315
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11768
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29630
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12724
109 Hub 23483
110 Idle Time 8098
111 Import/Export License 8750
112 In Bond Shipment 14006
113 Inbound Logistics 13625
114 Interstate System 11036
115 Inventory Costs 53761
116 Inventory in Transit 16574
117 Inventory Management 54925
118 Inventory Planning System 9898
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22343
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42943
 
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