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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) 22974
22 Average Speed of Answer 26562
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23122
24 Batch Production 38379
25 Bill Discounting 14528
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11227
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7150
28 Blanket Release 10016
29 Bonded Warehouse 10064
30 Booking Number 13790
31 Bottleneck 9517
32 Buffer Stock 59243
33 Build to Stock 13017
34 Bullwhip Effect 9673
35 Business Logistics 25729
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12570
37 Capacity Management 40514
38 Capacity Utilization 14108
39 Capital Intensive 8410
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8739
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12133
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8930
44 Co-Destiny 9300
45 Co-managed Inventory 12562
46 Co-Packers 11774
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6875
48 Computer-Based Training 7693
49 Consular Invoice 19781
50 Container Depot 10609
51 Container Freight Station 10276
52 Continuous Replenishment 19561
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12079
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11417
56 Control Charts 7963
57 Cost Flow 10275
58 Courier Service 15234
59 CPFR 8223
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11800
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44150
62 Date Code 18229
63 Days of Supply 19838
64 Dead on Arrival 9322
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7310
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8107
67 Detective Control 8911
68 Devanning 14210
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10955
70 Dispatching 24514
71 Distributed Inventory 8356
72 Distribution Channel Management 34746
73 Distribution Metrics 9116
74 Distribution Planning 24200
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15215
76 Double Marginalization 52732
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22379
78 Dual 5442
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20613
80 Echelon Inventory 26205
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38266
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49726
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7615
84 Efficient Frontier 25483
85 Engineer-to-Order 31741
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16518
87 Erlang B Formula 9348
88 ETD 8331
89 Ex Works 7835
90 Exception Rate 13492
91 Exponential smoothing 9830
92 External Growth 10074
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9519
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10455
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8761
97 Fishbone Diagram 14607
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27035
99 Flow Through Distribution 12309
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8177
101 FOB Destination 13032
102 Forward buying 30163
103 Freight Charge 10411
104 Freight Consolidation 7531
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11733
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29589
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12683
109 Hub 23429
110 Idle Time 8070
111 Import/Export License 8721
112 In Bond Shipment 13955
113 Inbound Logistics 13582
114 Interstate System 11006
115 Inventory Costs 53628
116 Inventory in Transit 16530
117 Inventory Management 54800
118 Inventory Planning System 9870
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22297
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42715
 
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