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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 10613
2 3D Loading 6645
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21964
4 5 Point Annual Average 9316
5 5 Whys 22479
6 5S Program 8379
7 ABC Analysis 34719
8 ABC Inventory Control 17456
9 Abnormal Demand 24523
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7791
11 Activity Analysis 11639
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14947
13 Actual Demand 11318
14 Aggregate Planning 12367
15 Air Cargo 10273
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6770
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35043
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15429
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19477
20 Assembly Line 22851
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23157
22 Average Speed of Answer 26687
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23397
24 Batch Production 38773
25 Bill Discounting 14726
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11411
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7275
28 Blanket Release 10156
29 Bonded Warehouse 10192
30 Booking Number 14043
31 Bottleneck 9701
32 Buffer Stock 59666
33 Build to Stock 13147
34 Bullwhip Effect 9857
35 Business Logistics 26042
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12707
37 Capacity Management 41125
38 Capacity Utilization 14299
39 Capital Intensive 8581
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8941
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12292
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9054
44 Co-Destiny 9436
45 Co-managed Inventory 12724
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7014
48 Computer-Based Training 7802
49 Consular Invoice 20031
50 Container Depot 10728
51 Container Freight Station 10380
52 Continuous Replenishment 19720
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12210
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10416
58 Courier Service 15413
59 CPFR 8339
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11946
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44542
62 Date Code 18532
63 Days of Supply 20017
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7428
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8255
67 Detective Control 9053
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11119
70 Dispatching 24814
71 Distributed Inventory 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35143
73 Distribution Metrics 9329
74 Distribution Planning 24383
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15418
76 Double Marginalization 53023
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22570
78 Dual 5532
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20765
80 Echelon Inventory 26442
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38451
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50179
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25734
85 Engineer-to-Order 31978
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16805
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8449
89 Ex Works 7934
90 Exception Rate 13674
91 Exponential smoothing 9940
92 External Growth 10235
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9662
94 Field Services 7831
95 Field Warehouse 10999
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8979
97 Fishbone Diagram 14765
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27338
99 Flow Through Distribution 12478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8331
 
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