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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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1 24/7/365 10577
2 3D Loading 6629
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21931
4 5 Point Annual Average 9285
5 5 Whys 22450
6 5S Program 8360
7 ABC Analysis 34620
8 ABC Inventory Control 17413
9 Abnormal Demand 24489
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7761
11 Activity Analysis 11604
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14863
13 Actual Demand 11293
14 Aggregate Planning 12335
15 Air Cargo 10230
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6745
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34998
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15412
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19423
20 Assembly Line 22765
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23126
22 Average Speed of Answer 26657
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23338
24 Batch Production 38686
25 Bill Discounting 14688
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11365
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7241
28 Blanket Release 10134
29 Bonded Warehouse 10161
30 Booking Number 13980
31 Bottleneck 9672
32 Buffer Stock 59592
33 Build to Stock 13120
34 Bullwhip Effect 9810
35 Business Logistics 25986
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12676
37 Capacity Management 41000
38 Capacity Utilization 14247
39 Capital Intensive 8554
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8899
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12255
42 Certified Supplier 9046
43 Channel Effectiveness 9028
44 Co-Destiny 9407
45 Co-managed Inventory 12683
46 Co-Packers 11882
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6985
48 Computer-Based Training 7779
49 Consular Invoice 19973
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10355
52 Continuous Replenishment 19683
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12187
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11517
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10382
58 Courier Service 15382
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44438
62 Date Code 18470
63 Days of Supply 19980
64 Dead on Arrival 9462
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7402
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8229
67 Detective Control 9016
68 Devanning 14324
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11083
70 Dispatching 24747
71 Distributed Inventory 8453
72 Distribution Channel Management 35070
73 Distribution Metrics 9282
74 Distribution Planning 24348
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15381
76 Double Marginalization 52967
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22528
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20737
80 Echelon Inventory 26370
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38404
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50079
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7714
84 Efficient Frontier 25676
85 Engineer-to-Order 31931
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16730
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8421
89 Ex Works 7914
90 Exception Rate 13641
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9623
94 Field Services 7809
95 Field Warehouse 10885
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8931
97 Fishbone Diagram 14729
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27274
99 Flow Through Distribution 12438
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8295
 
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