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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 10343
2 3D Loading 6515
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21763
4 5 Point Annual Average 9174
5 5 Whys 22322
6 5S Program 8253
7 ABC Analysis 34277
8 ABC Inventory Control 17240
9 Abnormal Demand 24339
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7648
11 Activity Analysis 11473
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14532
13 Actual Demand 11191
14 Aggregate Planning 12135
15 Air Cargo 10052
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6633
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34839
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15322
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19195
20 Assembly Line 22326
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22947
22 Average Speed of Answer 26547
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23084
24 Batch Production 38315
25 Bill Discounting 14499
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11193
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7127
28 Blanket Release 9990
29 Bonded Warehouse 10047
30 Booking Number 13753
31 Bottleneck 9489
32 Buffer Stock 59169
33 Build to Stock 12926
34 Bullwhip Effect 9574
35 Business Logistics 25618
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12550
37 Capacity Management 40420
38 Capacity Utilization 14078
39 Capital Intensive 8386
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8709
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12106
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8912
44 Co-Destiny 9278
45 Co-managed Inventory 12465
46 Co-Packers 11749
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6849
48 Computer-Based Training 7677
49 Consular Invoice 19740
50 Container Depot 10590
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19460
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12057
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11397
56 Control Charts 7948
57 Cost Flow 10251
58 Courier Service 15206
59 CPFR 8199
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11774
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44093
62 Date Code 18189
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9229
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7294
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8084
67 Detective Control 8890
68 Devanning 14194
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10859
70 Dispatching 24457
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34676
73 Distribution Metrics 9088
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52626
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22283
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20580
80 Echelon Inventory 26174
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49652
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25438
85 Engineer-to-Order 31706
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16407
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13463
91 Exponential smoothing 9813
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9422
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10387
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14583
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26988
99 Flow Through Distribution 12291
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8158
 
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