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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 10531
2 3D Loading 6601
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21895
4 5 Point Annual Average 9260
5 5 Whys 22421
6 5S Program 8333
7 ABC Analysis 34551
8 ABC Inventory Control 17380
9 Abnormal Demand 24457
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7732
11 Activity Analysis 11573
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14784
13 Actual Demand 11266
14 Aggregate Planning 12303
15 Air Cargo 10184
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6718
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34963
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15387
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19388
20 Assembly Line 22683
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23077
22 Average Speed of Answer 26627
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23284
24 Batch Production 38594
25 Bill Discounting 14651
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11333
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7221
28 Blanket Release 10101
29 Bonded Warehouse 10132
30 Booking Number 13918
31 Bottleneck 9623
32 Buffer Stock 59520
33 Build to Stock 13093
34 Bullwhip Effect 9769
35 Business Logistics 25904
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12646
37 Capacity Management 40875
38 Capacity Utilization 14206
39 Capital Intensive 8516
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8859
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12222
42 Certified Supplier 9021
43 Channel Effectiveness 8999
44 Co-Destiny 9375
45 Co-managed Inventory 12650
46 Co-Packers 11852
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6956
48 Computer-Based Training 7754
49 Consular Invoice 19932
50 Container Depot 10674
51 Container Freight Station 10331
52 Continuous Replenishment 19650
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12157
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11486
56 Control Charts 8022
57 Cost Flow 10355
58 Courier Service 15343
59 CPFR 8285
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11885
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44356
62 Date Code 18376
63 Days of Supply 19943
64 Dead on Arrival 9424
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7377
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8195
67 Detective Control 8984
68 Devanning 14293
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11050
70 Dispatching 24686
71 Distributed Inventory 8428
72 Distribution Channel Management 34991
73 Distribution Metrics 9236
74 Distribution Planning 24302
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15335
76 Double Marginalization 52899
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22486
78 Dual 5488
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20705
80 Echelon Inventory 26308
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38362
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49980
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7685
84 Efficient Frontier 25621
85 Engineer-to-Order 31880
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16672
87 Erlang B Formula 9419
88 ETD 8394
89 Ex Works 7887
90 Exception Rate 13595
91 Exponential smoothing 9892
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9591
94 Field Services 7792
95 Field Warehouse 10752
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8887
97 Fishbone Diagram 14693
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27206
99 Flow Through Distribution 12403
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8260
 
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