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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) 22979
22 Average Speed of Answer 26567
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23130
24 Batch Production 38388
25 Bill Discounting 14535
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11232
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7153
28 Blanket Release 10022
29 Bonded Warehouse 10067
30 Booking Number 13796
31 Bottleneck 9522
32 Buffer Stock 59260
33 Build to Stock 13020
34 Bullwhip Effect 9679
35 Business Logistics 25738
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12573
37 Capacity Management 40530
38 Capacity Utilization 14113
39 Capital Intensive 8414
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8743
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12138
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8932
44 Co-Destiny 9304
45 Co-managed Inventory 12566
46 Co-Packers 11780
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6880
48 Computer-Based Training 7695
49 Consular Invoice 19790
50 Container Depot 10611
51 Container Freight Station 10280
52 Continuous Replenishment 19563
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12084
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11419
56 Control Charts 7968
57 Cost Flow 10277
58 Courier Service 15238
59 CPFR 8227
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11805
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44163
62 Date Code 18235
63 Days of Supply 19840
64 Dead on Arrival 9327
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7314
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8112
67 Detective Control 8915
68 Devanning 14216
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10963
70 Dispatching 24526
71 Distributed Inventory 8360
72 Distribution Channel Management 34755
73 Distribution Metrics 9121
74 Distribution Planning 24202
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15219
76 Double Marginalization 52749
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22383
78 Dual 5444
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20617
80 Echelon Inventory 26211
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38274
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49738
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7620
84 Efficient Frontier 25491
85 Engineer-to-Order 31756
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16526
87 Erlang B Formula 9349
88 ETD 8336
89 Ex Works 7837
90 Exception Rate 13496
91 Exponential smoothing 9834
92 External Growth 10078
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9525
94 Field Services 7744
95 Field Warehouse 10467
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8768
97 Fishbone Diagram 14611
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27041
99 Flow Through Distribution 12312
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8184
101 FOB Destination 13035
102 Forward buying 30169
103 Freight Charge 10412
104 Freight Consolidation 7534
105 Gantt Chart 8290
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11737
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29594
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12685
109 Hub 23436
110 Idle Time 8071
111 Import/Export License 8724
112 In Bond Shipment 13960
113 Inbound Logistics 13588
114 Interstate System 11009
115 Inventory Costs 53640
116 Inventory in Transit 16536
117 Inventory Management 54810
118 Inventory Planning System 9874
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22307
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42739
 
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