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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) 22588
22 Average Speed of Answer 26313
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22534
24 Batch Production 37456
25 Bill Discounting 14020
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10740
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6864
28 Blanket Release 9703
29 Bonded Warehouse 9794
30 Booking Number 13330
31 Bottleneck 9135
32 Buffer Stock 58119
33 Build to Stock 12654
34 Bullwhip Effect 9218
35 Business Logistics 24974
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12270
37 Capacity Management 39282
38 Capacity Utilization 13689
39 Capital Intensive 8030
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8294
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11775
42 Certified Supplier 8775
43 Channel Effectiveness 8734
44 Co-Destiny 8996
45 Co-managed Inventory 12136
46 Co-Packers 11506
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6565
48 Computer-Based Training 7454
49 Consular Invoice 19235
50 Container Depot 10303
51 Container Freight Station 10088
52 Continuous Replenishment 19142
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11763
54 Contract Carrier 7175
55 Contract of Affreightment 11149
56 Control Charts 7715
57 Cost Flow 10025
58 Courier Service 14768
59 CPFR 7952
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11478
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43168
62 Date Code 17666
63 Days of Supply 19399
64 Dead on Arrival 8870
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7050
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7812
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13949
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10551
70 Dispatching 23524
71 Distributed Inventory 8139
72 Distribution Channel Management 33932
73 Distribution Metrics 8649
74 Distribution Planning 23839
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14791
76 Double Marginalization 52106
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21945
78 Dual 5223
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20270
80 Echelon Inventory 25815
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37903
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48703
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7371
84 Efficient Frontier 24884
85 Engineer-to-Order 31189
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15856
87 Erlang B Formula 9044
88 ETD 8051
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13088
91 Exponential smoothing 9576
92 External Growth 9785
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9171
94 Field Services 7565
95 Field Warehouse 9642
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8369
97 Fishbone Diagram 14262
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26454
99 Flow Through Distribution 11997
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7882
101 FOB Destination 12630
102 Forward buying 29656
103 Freight Charge 10062
104 Freight Consolidation 7280
105 Gantt Chart 8086
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11355
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29112
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12394
109 Hub 22987
110 Idle Time 7830
111 Import/Export License 8438
112 In Bond Shipment 13557
113 Inbound Logistics 13165
114 Interstate System 10755
115 Inventory Costs 52590
116 Inventory in Transit 16040
117 Inventory Management 53708
118 Inventory Planning System 9543
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21836
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41142
 
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