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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 10563
2 3D Loading 6619
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21922
4 5 Point Annual Average 9276
5 5 Whys 22439
6 5S Program 8354
7 ABC Analysis 34606
8 ABC Inventory Control 17405
9 Abnormal Demand 24479
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7753
11 Activity Analysis 11596
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14846
13 Actual Demand 11284
14 Aggregate Planning 12326
15 Air Cargo 10218
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6737
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34991
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15405
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19411
20 Assembly Line 22742
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23113
22 Average Speed of Answer 26648
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23327
24 Batch Production 38664
25 Bill Discounting 14681
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11357
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7236
28 Blanket Release 10123
29 Bonded Warehouse 10155
30 Booking Number 13967
31 Bottleneck 9659
32 Buffer Stock 59576
33 Build to Stock 13112
34 Bullwhip Effect 9800
35 Business Logistics 25966
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12666
37 Capacity Management 40965
38 Capacity Utilization 14237
39 Capital Intensive 8543
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8887
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12243
42 Certified Supplier 9039
43 Channel Effectiveness 9020
44 Co-Destiny 9399
45 Co-managed Inventory 12675
46 Co-Packers 11872
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6980
48 Computer-Based Training 7771
49 Consular Invoice 19961
50 Container Depot 10696
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19669
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12178
54 Contract Carrier 7374
55 Contract of Affreightment 11507
56 Control Charts 8039
57 Cost Flow 10376
58 Courier Service 15371
59 CPFR 8311
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11903
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44420
62 Date Code 18442
63 Days of Supply 19972
64 Dead on Arrival 9454
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7395
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8216
67 Detective Control 9008
68 Devanning 14316
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11074
70 Dispatching 24730
71 Distributed Inventory 8446
72 Distribution Channel Management 35054
73 Distribution Metrics 9268
74 Distribution Planning 24332
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15371
76 Double Marginalization 52951
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22520
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20730
80 Echelon Inventory 26351
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38393
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50053
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7709
84 Efficient Frontier 25662
85 Engineer-to-Order 31914
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16715
87 Erlang B Formula 9441
88 ETD 8413
89 Ex Works 7907
90 Exception Rate 13630
91 Exponential smoothing 9914
92 External Growth 10190
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9616
94 Field Services 7803
95 Field Warehouse 10850
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8919
97 Fishbone Diagram 14722
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27255
99 Flow Through Distribution 12430
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8285
 
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