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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) 22722
22 Average Speed of Answer 26407
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22775
24 Batch Production 37793
25 Bill Discounting 14214
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10906
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6966
28 Blanket Release 9812
29 Bonded Warehouse 9900
30 Booking Number 13489
31 Bottleneck 9296
32 Buffer Stock 58565
33 Build to Stock 12763
34 Bullwhip Effect 9354
35 Business Logistics 25230
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12374
37 Capacity Management 39811
38 Capacity Utilization 13852
39 Capital Intensive 8174
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8465
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11909
42 Certified Supplier 8845
43 Channel Effectiveness 8805
44 Co-Destiny 9093
45 Co-managed Inventory 12263
46 Co-Packers 11597
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6679
48 Computer-Based Training 7543
49 Consular Invoice 19426
50 Container Depot 10429
51 Container Freight Station 10157
52 Continuous Replenishment 19267
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11886
54 Contract Carrier 7225
55 Contract of Affreightment 11249
56 Control Charts 7808
57 Cost Flow 10119
58 Courier Service 14973
59 CPFR 8059
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11596
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43602
62 Date Code 17881
63 Days of Supply 19580
64 Dead on Arrival 9016
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7134
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7922
67 Detective Control 8744
68 Devanning 14055
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10673
70 Dispatching 23892
71 Distributed Inventory 8210
72 Distribution Channel Management 34255
73 Distribution Metrics 8829
74 Distribution Planning 23977
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14956
76 Double Marginalization 52330
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22074
78 Dual 5320
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20381
80 Echelon Inventory 25929
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38040
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49122
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7458
84 Efficient Frontier 25114
85 Engineer-to-Order 31401
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16078
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8150
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13233
91 Exponential smoothing 9669
92 External Growth 9875
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9264
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9747
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8534
97 Fishbone Diagram 14402
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26666
99 Flow Through Distribution 12118
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7991
101 FOB Destination 12790
102 Forward buying 29824
103 Freight Charge 10154
104 Freight Consolidation 7382
105 Gantt Chart 8162
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11515
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29283
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12492
109 Hub 23154
110 Idle Time 7916
111 Import/Export License 8549
112 In Bond Shipment 13705
113 Inbound Logistics 13310
114 Interstate System 10825
115 Inventory Costs 53012
116 Inventory in Transit 16195
117 Inventory Management 54093
118 Inventory Planning System 9641
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22041
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41746
 
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