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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) 23002
22 Average Speed of Answer 26579
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23171
24 Batch Production 38437
25 Bill Discounting 14560
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11251
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7169
28 Blanket Release 10045
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13828
31 Bottleneck 9548
32 Buffer Stock 59334
33 Build to Stock 13040
34 Bullwhip Effect 9696
35 Business Logistics 25777
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12587
37 Capacity Management 40607
38 Capacity Utilization 14131
39 Capital Intensive 8437
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8771
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12158
42 Certified Supplier 8980
43 Channel Effectiveness 8948
44 Co-Destiny 9320
45 Co-managed Inventory 12584
46 Co-Packers 11801
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6900
48 Computer-Based Training 7708
49 Consular Invoice 19829
50 Container Depot 10627
51 Container Freight Station 10295
52 Continuous Replenishment 19585
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12098
54 Contract Carrier 7329
55 Contract of Affreightment 11436
56 Control Charts 7979
57 Cost Flow 10293
58 Courier Service 15268
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11823
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44208
62 Date Code 18268
63 Days of Supply 19862
64 Dead on Arrival 9347
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7330
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8131
67 Detective Control 8928
68 Devanning 14231
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10986
70 Dispatching 24559
71 Distributed Inventory 8375
72 Distribution Channel Management 34801
73 Distribution Metrics 9146
74 Distribution Planning 24227
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15243
76 Double Marginalization 52786
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22406
78 Dual 5459
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20638
80 Echelon Inventory 26238
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38295
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49788
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7634
84 Efficient Frontier 25521
85 Engineer-to-Order 31787
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16558
87 Erlang B Formula 9365
88 ETD 8346
89 Ex Works 7849
90 Exception Rate 13516
91 Exponential smoothing 9845
92 External Growth 10098
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7757
95 Field Warehouse 10544
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8794
97 Fishbone Diagram 14630
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27075
99 Flow Through Distribution 12336
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8199
101 FOB Destination 13061
102 Forward buying 30207
103 Freight Charge 10428
104 Freight Consolidation 7547
105 Gantt Chart 8306
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11756
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29615
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12711
109 Hub 23464
110 Idle Time 8086
111 Import/Export License 8741
112 In Bond Shipment 13990
113 Inbound Logistics 13615
114 Interstate System 11029
115 Inventory Costs 53724
116 Inventory in Transit 16561
117 Inventory Management 54880
118 Inventory Planning System 9890
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22331
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42838
 
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