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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 10421
2 3D Loading 6535
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21792
4 5 Point Annual Average 9191
5 5 Whys 22345
6 5S Program 8270
7 ABC Analysis 34334
8 ABC Inventory Control 17267
9 Abnormal Demand 24365
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7668
11 Activity Analysis 11492
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14591
13 Actual Demand 11206
14 Aggregate Planning 12234
15 Air Cargo 10076
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6651
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34871
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15337
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19296
20 Assembly Line 22418
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22975
22 Average Speed of Answer 26564
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23127
24 Batch Production 38383
25 Bill Discounting 14532
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11230
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7151
28 Blanket Release 10020
29 Bonded Warehouse 10064
30 Booking Number 13793
31 Bottleneck 9518
32 Buffer Stock 59251
33 Build to Stock 13018
34 Bullwhip Effect 9677
35 Business Logistics 25733
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12570
37 Capacity Management 40520
38 Capacity Utilization 14111
39 Capital Intensive 8411
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8740
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12134
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8931
44 Co-Destiny 9301
45 Co-managed Inventory 12563
46 Co-Packers 11777
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6877
48 Computer-Based Training 7694
49 Consular Invoice 19786
50 Container Depot 10609
51 Container Freight Station 10277
52 Continuous Replenishment 19562
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12080
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11418
56 Control Charts 7965
57 Cost Flow 10276
58 Courier Service 15237
59 CPFR 8224
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11803
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44154
62 Date Code 18231
63 Days of Supply 19838
64 Dead on Arrival 9324
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7312
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8108
67 Detective Control 8912
68 Devanning 14211
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10958
70 Dispatching 24518
71 Distributed Inventory 8358
72 Distribution Channel Management 34751
73 Distribution Metrics 9121
74 Distribution Planning 24201
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15216
76 Double Marginalization 52740
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22381
78 Dual 5443
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20615
80 Echelon Inventory 26206
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38270
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49733
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7617
84 Efficient Frontier 25485
85 Engineer-to-Order 31746
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16524
87 Erlang B Formula 9348
88 ETD 8333
89 Ex Works 7835
90 Exception Rate 13495
91 Exponential smoothing 9832
92 External Growth 10076
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9521
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10462
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8763
97 Fishbone Diagram 14608
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27038
99 Flow Through Distribution 12310
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8179
 
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