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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 10601
2 3D Loading 6635
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21949
4 5 Point Annual Average 9302
5 5 Whys 22467
6 5S Program 8371
7 ABC Analysis 34677
8 ABC Inventory Control 17439
9 Abnormal Demand 24511
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7780
11 Activity Analysis 11625
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14913
13 Actual Demand 11306
14 Aggregate Planning 12356
15 Air Cargo 10257
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6757
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35025
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15426
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19456
20 Assembly Line 22817
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23141
22 Average Speed of Answer 26676
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23373
24 Batch Production 38738
25 Bill Discounting 14709
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11390
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7265
28 Blanket Release 10149
29 Bonded Warehouse 10178
30 Booking Number 14018
31 Bottleneck 9686
32 Buffer Stock 59634
33 Build to Stock 13136
34 Bullwhip Effect 9838
35 Business Logistics 26018
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12695
37 Capacity Management 41074
38 Capacity Utilization 14278
39 Capital Intensive 8571
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8925
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12275
42 Certified Supplier 9055
43 Channel Effectiveness 9044
44 Co-Destiny 9427
45 Co-managed Inventory 12712
46 Co-Packers 11901
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7002
48 Computer-Based Training 7792
49 Consular Invoice 20007
50 Container Depot 10718
51 Container Freight Station 10370
52 Continuous Replenishment 19704
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12202
54 Contract Carrier 7389
55 Contract of Affreightment 11540
56 Control Charts 8054
57 Cost Flow 10402
58 Courier Service 15397
59 CPFR 8329
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11929
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44510
62 Date Code 18511
63 Days of Supply 20002
64 Dead on Arrival 9480
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7416
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8242
67 Detective Control 9035
68 Devanning 14337
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11098
70 Dispatching 24782
71 Distributed Inventory 8464
72 Distribution Channel Management 35113
73 Distribution Metrics 9307
74 Distribution Planning 24369
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15405
76 Double Marginalization 52996
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22555
78 Dual 5520
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20751
80 Echelon Inventory 26415
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38434
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50137
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7726
84 Efficient Frontier 25715
85 Engineer-to-Order 31957
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16777
87 Erlang B Formula 9464
88 ETD 8435
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13659
91 Exponential smoothing 9930
92 External Growth 10218
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9641
94 Field Services 7823
95 Field Warehouse 10946
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8955
97 Fishbone Diagram 14752
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27302
99 Flow Through Distribution 12463
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8315
 
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