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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) 23041
22 Average Speed of Answer 26608
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23235
24 Batch Production 38520
25 Bill Discounting 14606
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11303
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7194
28 Blanket Release 10074
29 Bonded Warehouse 10106
30 Booking Number 13876
31 Bottleneck 9586
32 Buffer Stock 59454
33 Build to Stock 13068
34 Bullwhip Effect 9724
35 Business Logistics 25841
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12616
37 Capacity Management 40755
38 Capacity Utilization 14168
39 Capital Intensive 8479
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8817
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12194
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8973
44 Co-Destiny 9346
45 Co-managed Inventory 12618
46 Co-Packers 11827
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6929
48 Computer-Based Training 7730
49 Consular Invoice 19886
50 Container Depot 10649
51 Container Freight Station 10312
52 Continuous Replenishment 19622
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12130
54 Contract Carrier 7349
55 Contract of Affreightment 11460
56 Control Charts 7995
57 Cost Flow 10326
58 Courier Service 15302
59 CPFR 8266
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11850
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44281
62 Date Code 18324
63 Days of Supply 19907
64 Dead on Arrival 9391
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7350
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8164
67 Detective Control 8955
68 Devanning 14265
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11017
70 Dispatching 24619
71 Distributed Inventory 8402
72 Distribution Channel Management 34900
73 Distribution Metrics 9195
74 Distribution Planning 24263
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15291
76 Double Marginalization 52849
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22453
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20670
80 Echelon Inventory 26269
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38325
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49894
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7661
84 Efficient Frontier 25580
85 Engineer-to-Order 31840
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16621
87 Erlang B Formula 9393
88 ETD 8370
89 Ex Works 7870
90 Exception Rate 13553
91 Exponential smoothing 9864
92 External Growth 10136
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7775
95 Field Warehouse 10647
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14665
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27156
99 Flow Through Distribution 12369
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8228
101 FOB Destination 13111
102 Forward buying 30273
103 Freight Charge 10452
104 Freight Consolidation 7576
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11789
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29658
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12744
109 Hub 23510
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8773
112 In Bond Shipment 14025
113 Inbound Logistics 13646
114 Interstate System 11054
115 Inventory Costs 53827
116 Inventory in Transit 16593
117 Inventory Management 54979
118 Inventory Planning System 9911
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22365
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43050
 
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