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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) 22938
22 Average Speed of Answer 26539
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23065
24 Batch Production 38286
25 Bill Discounting 14489
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11176
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7120
28 Blanket Release 9982
29 Bonded Warehouse 10040
30 Booking Number 13742
31 Bottleneck 9477
32 Buffer Stock 59150
33 Build to Stock 12905
34 Bullwhip Effect 9552
35 Business Logistics 25589
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12541
37 Capacity Management 40394
38 Capacity Utilization 14067
39 Capital Intensive 8377
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8700
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12094
42 Certified Supplier 8949
43 Channel Effectiveness 8904
44 Co-Destiny 9269
45 Co-managed Inventory 12441
46 Co-Packers 11742
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6838
48 Computer-Based Training 7671
49 Consular Invoice 19716
50 Container Depot 10583
51 Container Freight Station 10260
52 Continuous Replenishment 19437
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12048
54 Contract Carrier 7306
55 Contract of Affreightment 11390
56 Control Charts 7941
57 Cost Flow 10240
58 Courier Service 15198
59 CPFR 8193
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11767
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44072
62 Date Code 18180
63 Days of Supply 19793
64 Dead on Arrival 9208
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7284
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8081
67 Detective Control 8884
68 Devanning 14190
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10839
70 Dispatching 24433
71 Distributed Inventory 8332
72 Distribution Channel Management 34654
73 Distribution Metrics 9080
74 Distribution Planning 24163
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15176
76 Double Marginalization 52601
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22255
78 Dual 5426
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20576
80 Echelon Inventory 26161
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38225
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49615
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7590
84 Efficient Frontier 25423
85 Engineer-to-Order 31695
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16381
87 Erlang B Formula 9326
88 ETD 8308
89 Ex Works 7818
90 Exception Rate 13450
91 Exponential smoothing 9809
92 External Growth 10042
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9399
94 Field Services 7726
95 Field Warehouse 10362
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8731
97 Fishbone Diagram 14577
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26971
99 Flow Through Distribution 12281
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8145
101 FOB Destination 12993
102 Forward buying 30037
103 Freight Charge 10298
104 Freight Consolidation 7505
105 Gantt Chart 8271
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11699
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29536
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12652
109 Hub 23380
110 Idle Time 8045
111 Import/Export License 8687
112 In Bond Shipment 13910
113 Inbound Logistics 13547
114 Interstate System 10978
115 Inventory Costs 53525
116 Inventory in Transit 16408
117 Inventory Management 54635
118 Inventory Planning System 9757
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22255
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42573
 
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