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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 10619
2 3D Loading 6649
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21973
4 5 Point Annual Average 9322
5 5 Whys 22488
6 5S Program 8388
7 ABC Analysis 34739
8 ABC Inventory Control 17466
9 Abnormal Demand 24535
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7806
11 Activity Analysis 11648
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14965
13 Actual Demand 11324
14 Aggregate Planning 12382
15 Air Cargo 10284
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6779
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35056
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15437
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19486
20 Assembly Line 22871
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23165
22 Average Speed of Answer 26695
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23409
24 Batch Production 38800
25 Bill Discounting 14738
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11426
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7283
28 Blanket Release 10168
29 Bonded Warehouse 10200
30 Booking Number 14056
31 Bottleneck 9712
32 Buffer Stock 59680
33 Build to Stock 13154
34 Bullwhip Effect 9872
35 Business Logistics 26052
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12718
37 Capacity Management 41167
38 Capacity Utilization 14314
39 Capital Intensive 8595
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8956
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12300
42 Certified Supplier 9066
43 Channel Effectiveness 9065
44 Co-Destiny 9442
45 Co-managed Inventory 12735
46 Co-Packers 11921
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7025
48 Computer-Based Training 7806
49 Consular Invoice 20046
50 Container Depot 10739
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19730
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12222
54 Contract Carrier 7401
55 Contract of Affreightment 11557
56 Control Charts 8070
57 Cost Flow 10423
58 Courier Service 15422
59 CPFR 8346
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11952
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44566
62 Date Code 18549
63 Days of Supply 20027
64 Dead on Arrival 9507
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7437
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8265
67 Detective Control 9065
68 Devanning 14354
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11126
70 Dispatching 24831
71 Distributed Inventory 8477
72 Distribution Channel Management 35160
73 Distribution Metrics 9344
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15434
76 Double Marginalization 53041
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22585
78 Dual 5542
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20772
80 Echelon Inventory 26461
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38466
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50201
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7744
84 Efficient Frontier 25750
85 Engineer-to-Order 31993
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16821
87 Erlang B Formula 9477
88 ETD 8458
89 Ex Works 7944
90 Exception Rate 13686
91 Exponential smoothing 9947
92 External Growth 10242
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7835
95 Field Warehouse 11041
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8993
97 Fishbone Diagram 14781
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27357
99 Flow Through Distribution 12490
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8345
 
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