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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 10609
2 3D Loading 6642
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21960
4 5 Point Annual Average 9312
5 5 Whys 22474
6 5S Program 8376
7 ABC Analysis 34706
8 ABC Inventory Control 17451
9 Abnormal Demand 24517
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7788
11 Activity Analysis 11635
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14933
13 Actual Demand 11315
14 Aggregate Planning 12362
15 Air Cargo 10267
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6765
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35037
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15428
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19468
20 Assembly Line 22837
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23153
22 Average Speed of Answer 26686
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23386
24 Batch Production 38762
25 Bill Discounting 14721
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11406
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7270
28 Blanket Release 10153
29 Bonded Warehouse 10187
30 Booking Number 14036
31 Bottleneck 9694
32 Buffer Stock 59656
33 Build to Stock 13143
34 Bullwhip Effect 9849
35 Business Logistics 26030
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12704
37 Capacity Management 41102
38 Capacity Utilization 14289
39 Capital Intensive 8579
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8937
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12285
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9050
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11911
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7009
48 Computer-Based Training 7795
49 Consular Invoice 20022
50 Container Depot 10724
51 Container Freight Station 10376
52 Continuous Replenishment 19716
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7395
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8061
57 Cost Flow 10411
58 Courier Service 15409
59 CPFR 8337
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11940
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44531
62 Date Code 18523
63 Days of Supply 20012
64 Dead on Arrival 9491
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7423
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8248
67 Detective Control 9046
68 Devanning 14347
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11112
70 Dispatching 24804
71 Distributed Inventory 8469
72 Distribution Channel Management 35133
73 Distribution Metrics 9322
74 Distribution Planning 24381
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15414
76 Double Marginalization 53012
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22565
78 Dual 5528
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20759
80 Echelon Inventory 26432
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38444
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50160
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7734
84 Efficient Frontier 25728
85 Engineer-to-Order 31970
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16799
87 Erlang B Formula 9468
88 ETD 8445
89 Ex Works 7929
90 Exception Rate 13669
91 Exponential smoothing 9937
92 External Growth 10229
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9656
94 Field Services 7828
95 Field Warehouse 10973
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8971
97 Fishbone Diagram 14762
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27327
99 Flow Through Distribution 12473
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
 
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