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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 10592
2 3D Loading 6632
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21939
4 5 Point Annual Average 9292
5 5 Whys 22461
6 5S Program 8366
7 ABC Analysis 34658
8 ABC Inventory Control 17428
9 Abnormal Demand 24500
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7768
11 Activity Analysis 11618
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14898
13 Actual Demand 11298
14 Aggregate Planning 12345
15 Air Cargo 10246
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6749
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35014
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15423
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19441
20 Assembly Line 22796
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23133
22 Average Speed of Answer 26667
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23361
24 Batch Production 38722
25 Bill Discounting 14698
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11384
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7252
28 Blanket Release 10140
29 Bonded Warehouse 10172
30 Booking Number 14001
31 Bottleneck 9680
32 Buffer Stock 59623
33 Build to Stock 13131
34 Bullwhip Effect 9823
35 Business Logistics 26005
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41050
38 Capacity Utilization 14269
39 Capital Intensive 8562
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8915
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12265
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9034
44 Co-Destiny 9417
45 Co-managed Inventory 12700
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6996
48 Computer-Based Training 7783
49 Consular Invoice 19990
50 Container Depot 10710
51 Container Freight Station 10362
52 Continuous Replenishment 19695
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12195
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11531
56 Control Charts 8048
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15390
59 CPFR 8322
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11916
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44482
62 Date Code 18501
63 Days of Supply 19993
64 Dead on Arrival 9474
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7409
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8236
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14329
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11091
70 Dispatching 24771
71 Distributed Inventory 8457
72 Distribution Channel Management 35098
73 Distribution Metrics 9294
74 Distribution Planning 24359
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15393
76 Double Marginalization 52982
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22541
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26397
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38423
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50116
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25698
85 Engineer-to-Order 31948
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16761
87 Erlang B Formula 9459
88 ETD 8429
89 Ex Works 7922
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9926
92 External Growth 10206
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9632
94 Field Services 7816
95 Field Warehouse 10917
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8949
97 Fishbone Diagram 14741
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12453
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8308
 
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