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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) 23065
22 Average Speed of Answer 26620
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23270
24 Batch Production 38574
25 Bill Discounting 14635
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11325
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7216
28 Blanket Release 10093
29 Bonded Warehouse 10125
30 Booking Number 13903
31 Bottleneck 9607
32 Buffer Stock 59500
33 Build to Stock 13081
34 Bullwhip Effect 9756
35 Business Logistics 25884
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12636
37 Capacity Management 40837
38 Capacity Utilization 14195
39 Capital Intensive 8505
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8845
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12213
42 Certified Supplier 9018
43 Channel Effectiveness 8988
44 Co-Destiny 9368
45 Co-managed Inventory 12640
46 Co-Packers 11843
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6947
48 Computer-Based Training 7748
49 Consular Invoice 19915
50 Container Depot 10666
51 Container Freight Station 10324
52 Continuous Replenishment 19640
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12146
54 Contract Carrier 7356
55 Contract of Affreightment 11478
56 Control Charts 8016
57 Cost Flow 10346
58 Courier Service 15326
59 CPFR 8281
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11873
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44331
62 Date Code 18357
63 Days of Supply 19931
64 Dead on Arrival 9415
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7369
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8185
67 Detective Control 8976
68 Devanning 14285
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11037
70 Dispatching 24669
71 Distributed Inventory 8418
72 Distribution Channel Management 34960
73 Distribution Metrics 9223
74 Distribution Planning 24290
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15320
76 Double Marginalization 52884
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22476
78 Dual 5485
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20695
80 Echelon Inventory 26294
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38351
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49954
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7675
84 Efficient Frontier 25604
85 Engineer-to-Order 31870
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16659
87 Erlang B Formula 9411
88 ETD 8389
89 Ex Works 7881
90 Exception Rate 13581
91 Exponential smoothing 9882
92 External Growth 10157
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9581
94 Field Services 7788
95 Field Warehouse 10718
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8871
97 Fishbone Diagram 14684
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27193
99 Flow Through Distribution 12391
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8248
101 FOB Destination 13131
102 Forward buying 30315
103 Freight Charge 10475
104 Freight Consolidation 7589
105 Gantt Chart 8340
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11814
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29681
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12764
109 Hub 23543
110 Idle Time 8130
111 Import/Export License 8796
112 In Bond Shipment 14056
113 Inbound Logistics 13669
114 Interstate System 11079
115 Inventory Costs 53893
116 Inventory in Transit 16620
117 Inventory Management 55038
118 Inventory Planning System 9931
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22397
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43132
 
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