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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 10233
2 3D Loading 6451
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21653
4 5 Point Annual Average 9106
5 5 Whys 22251
6 5S Program 8185
7 ABC Analysis 34062
8 ABC Inventory Control 17144
9 Abnormal Demand 24239
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7580
11 Activity Analysis 11392
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14332
13 Actual Demand 11110
14 Aggregate Planning 12038
15 Air Cargo 9964
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6556
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34716
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15277
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19076
20 Assembly Line 22045
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22838
22 Average Speed of Answer 26476
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22929
24 Batch Production 38031
25 Bill Discounting 14357
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11064
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7049
28 Blanket Release 9904
29 Bonded Warehouse 9978
30 Booking Number 13634
31 Bottleneck 9387
32 Buffer Stock 58852
33 Build to Stock 12839
34 Bullwhip Effect 9452
35 Business Logistics 25419
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12461
37 Capacity Management 40114
38 Capacity Utilization 13960
39 Capital Intensive 8277
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8588
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12005
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8857
44 Co-Destiny 9183
45 Co-managed Inventory 12357
46 Co-Packers 11670
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6766
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19571
50 Container Depot 10517
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19360
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11968
54 Contract Carrier 7272
55 Contract of Affreightment 11314
56 Control Charts 7878
57 Cost Flow 10178
58 Courier Service 15088
59 CPFR 8127
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11685
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43858
62 Date Code 18053
63 Days of Supply 19691
64 Dead on Arrival 9108
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8816
68 Devanning 14124
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10759
70 Dispatching 24197
71 Distributed Inventory 8272
72 Distribution Channel Management 34470
73 Distribution Metrics 8960
74 Distribution Planning 24076
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15071
76 Double Marginalization 52466
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22168
78 Dual 5375
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20481
80 Echelon Inventory 26035
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38140
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49369
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7528
84 Efficient Frontier 25283
85 Engineer-to-Order 31559
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16241
87 Erlang B Formula 9250
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7768
90 Exception Rate 13345
91 Exponential smoothing 9745
92 External Growth 9961
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7675
95 Field Warehouse 9925
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14502
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26828
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8071
 
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