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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) 22612
22 Average Speed of Answer 26330
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22588
24 Batch Production 37546
25 Bill Discounting 14074
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10777
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6886
28 Blanket Release 9729
29 Bonded Warehouse 9825
30 Booking Number 13371
31 Bottleneck 9181
32 Buffer Stock 58229
33 Build to Stock 12687
34 Bullwhip Effect 9250
35 Business Logistics 25041
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12293
37 Capacity Management 39427
38 Capacity Utilization 13731
39 Capital Intensive 8070
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8339
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11809
42 Certified Supplier 8793
43 Channel Effectiveness 8756
44 Co-Destiny 9023
45 Co-managed Inventory 12168
46 Co-Packers 11531
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6592
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19286
50 Container Depot 10333
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19168
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11795
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11170
56 Control Charts 7737
57 Cost Flow 10045
58 Courier Service 14822
59 CPFR 7984
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11509
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43274
62 Date Code 17715
63 Days of Supply 19446
64 Dead on Arrival 8911
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7070
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7838
67 Detective Control 8680
68 Devanning 13971
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10579
70 Dispatching 23603
71 Distributed Inventory 8155
72 Distribution Channel Management 34013
73 Distribution Metrics 8697
74 Distribution Planning 23888
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14827
76 Double Marginalization 52162
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21974
78 Dual 5250
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20286
80 Echelon Inventory 25846
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37939
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48813
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7396
84 Efficient Frontier 24942
85 Engineer-to-Order 31233
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15919
87 Erlang B Formula 9080
88 ETD 8072
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13125
91 Exponential smoothing 9596
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7577
95 Field Warehouse 9673
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8408
97 Fishbone Diagram 14295
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26498
99 Flow Through Distribution 12030
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7909
101 FOB Destination 12666
102 Forward buying 29694
103 Freight Charge 10085
104 Freight Consolidation 7309
105 Gantt Chart 8103
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11398
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29150
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12412
109 Hub 23030
110 Idle Time 7854
111 Import/Export License 8466
112 In Bond Shipment 13594
113 Inbound Logistics 13198
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52711
116 Inventory in Transit 16074
117 Inventory Management 53809
118 Inventory Planning System 9569
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21897
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41312
 
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