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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 10267
2 3D Loading 6479
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21693
4 5 Point Annual Average 9129
5 5 Whys 22275
6 5S Program 8214
7 ABC Analysis 34140
8 ABC Inventory Control 17184
9 Abnormal Demand 24282
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7611
11 Activity Analysis 11420
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14396
13 Actual Demand 11139
14 Aggregate Planning 12070
15 Air Cargo 9999
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6583
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34756
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15295
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19109
20 Assembly Line 22149
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22884
22 Average Speed of Answer 26504
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22984
24 Batch Production 38157
25 Bill Discounting 14407
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11115
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7081
28 Blanket Release 9939
29 Bonded Warehouse 10006
30 Booking Number 13676
31 Bottleneck 9431
32 Buffer Stock 58994
33 Build to Stock 12866
34 Bullwhip Effect 9492
35 Business Logistics 25484
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12498
37 Capacity Management 40231
38 Capacity Utilization 14000
39 Capital Intensive 8320
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8625
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12047
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8876
44 Co-Destiny 9216
45 Co-managed Inventory 12390
46 Co-Packers 11698
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6793
48 Computer-Based Training 7635
49 Consular Invoice 19636
50 Container Depot 10546
51 Container Freight Station 10232
52 Continuous Replenishment 19391
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12002
54 Contract Carrier 7288
55 Contract of Affreightment 11342
56 Control Charts 7901
57 Cost Flow 10204
58 Courier Service 15133
59 CPFR 8155
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11717
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43952
62 Date Code 18100
63 Days of Supply 19732
64 Dead on Arrival 9150
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7247
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8039
67 Detective Control 8850
68 Devanning 14154
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10795
70 Dispatching 24305
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34534
73 Distribution Metrics 9013
74 Distribution Planning 24112
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15117
76 Double Marginalization 52521
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22208
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20521
80 Echelon Inventory 26087
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38178
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49465
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7555
84 Efficient Frontier 25338
85 Engineer-to-Order 31614
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16297
87 Erlang B Formula 9280
88 ETD 8266
89 Ex Works 7786
90 Exception Rate 13393
91 Exponential smoothing 9770
92 External Growth 9998
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9363
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10122
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8681
97 Fishbone Diagram 14529
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26882
99 Flow Through Distribution 12239
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8101
 
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