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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) 22598
22 Average Speed of Answer 26319
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22560
24 Batch Production 37492
25 Bill Discounting 14039
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10758
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6873
28 Blanket Release 9713
29 Bonded Warehouse 9809
30 Booking Number 13349
31 Bottleneck 9150
32 Buffer Stock 58168
33 Build to Stock 12665
34 Bullwhip Effect 9228
35 Business Logistics 25003
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12280
37 Capacity Management 39357
38 Capacity Utilization 13707
39 Capital Intensive 8044
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8312
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11790
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8747
44 Co-Destiny 9005
45 Co-managed Inventory 12154
46 Co-Packers 11517
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6576
48 Computer-Based Training 7463
49 Consular Invoice 19261
50 Container Depot 10318
51 Container Freight Station 10098
52 Continuous Replenishment 19153
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11774
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7724
57 Cost Flow 10032
58 Courier Service 14786
59 CPFR 7965
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11491
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43217
62 Date Code 17688
63 Days of Supply 19423
64 Dead on Arrival 8887
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7055
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7821
67 Detective Control 8672
68 Devanning 13955
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10561
70 Dispatching 23560
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33969
73 Distribution Metrics 8670
74 Distribution Planning 23856
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14809
76 Double Marginalization 52130
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21958
78 Dual 5231
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25829
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37916
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48756
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7383
84 Efficient Frontier 24910
85 Engineer-to-Order 31207
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15883
87 Erlang B Formula 9058
88 ETD 8060
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13104
91 Exponential smoothing 9586
92 External Growth 9796
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9182
94 Field Services 7569
95 Field Warehouse 9655
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14278
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26473
99 Flow Through Distribution 12011
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
101 FOB Destination 12646
102 Forward buying 29675
103 Freight Charge 10070
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8092
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11372
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29130
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12403
109 Hub 23002
110 Idle Time 7843
111 Import/Export License 8454
112 In Bond Shipment 13577
113 Inbound Logistics 13174
114 Interstate System 10761
115 Inventory Costs 52650
116 Inventory in Transit 16053
117 Inventory Management 53757
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21864
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41233
 
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