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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) 22706
22 Average Speed of Answer 26392
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22740
24 Batch Production 37749
25 Bill Discounting 14193
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10877
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6954
28 Blanket Release 9800
29 Bonded Warehouse 9886
30 Booking Number 13474
31 Bottleneck 9278
32 Buffer Stock 58506
33 Build to Stock 12754
34 Bullwhip Effect 9332
35 Business Logistics 25195
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12362
37 Capacity Management 39745
38 Capacity Utilization 13831
39 Capital Intensive 8151
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8439
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11891
42 Certified Supplier 8840
43 Channel Effectiveness 8800
44 Co-Destiny 9076
45 Co-managed Inventory 12246
46 Co-Packers 11583
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6666
48 Computer-Based Training 7533
49 Consular Invoice 19400
50 Container Depot 10409
51 Container Freight Station 10146
52 Continuous Replenishment 19251
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11870
54 Contract Carrier 7220
55 Contract of Affreightment 11221
56 Control Charts 7794
57 Cost Flow 10104
58 Courier Service 14948
59 CPFR 8045
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11584
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43536
62 Date Code 17843
63 Days of Supply 19553
64 Dead on Arrival 8996
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7121
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7906
67 Detective Control 8731
68 Devanning 14038
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10658
70 Dispatching 23821
71 Distributed Inventory 8203
72 Distribution Channel Management 34215
73 Distribution Metrics 8804
74 Distribution Planning 23962
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14935
76 Double Marginalization 52305
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22055
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20366
80 Echelon Inventory 25913
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38018
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49061
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7449
84 Efficient Frontier 25084
85 Engineer-to-Order 31364
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16049
87 Erlang B Formula 9150
88 ETD 8129
89 Ex Works 7707
90 Exception Rate 13212
91 Exponential smoothing 9657
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9253
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9735
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8515
97 Fishbone Diagram 14383
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26636
99 Flow Through Distribution 12100
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7978
101 FOB Destination 12763
102 Forward buying 29804
103 Freight Charge 10143
104 Freight Consolidation 7371
105 Gantt Chart 8150
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11499
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29254
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12477
109 Hub 23131
110 Idle Time 7904
111 Import/Export License 8530
112 In Bond Shipment 13687
113 Inbound Logistics 13285
114 Interstate System 10816
115 Inventory Costs 52946
116 Inventory in Transit 16173
117 Inventory Management 54036
118 Inventory Planning System 9626
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22019
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41669
 
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