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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 10580
2 3D Loading 6630
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21933
4 5 Point Annual Average 9288
5 5 Whys 22452
6 5S Program 8362
7 ABC Analysis 34629
8 ABC Inventory Control 17419
9 Abnormal Demand 24490
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7763
11 Activity Analysis 11608
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14870
13 Actual Demand 11293
14 Aggregate Planning 12338
15 Air Cargo 10237
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6748
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35000
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15415
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19427
20 Assembly Line 22773
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23128
22 Average Speed of Answer 26660
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23341
24 Batch Production 38691
25 Bill Discounting 14690
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11367
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7244
28 Blanket Release 10135
29 Bonded Warehouse 10165
30 Booking Number 13985
31 Bottleneck 9673
32 Buffer Stock 59599
33 Build to Stock 13124
34 Bullwhip Effect 9813
35 Business Logistics 25991
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12678
37 Capacity Management 41013
38 Capacity Utilization 14255
39 Capital Intensive 8555
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8903
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12258
42 Certified Supplier 9047
43 Channel Effectiveness 9030
44 Co-Destiny 9409
45 Co-managed Inventory 12689
46 Co-Packers 11884
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6986
48 Computer-Based Training 7780
49 Consular Invoice 19974
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19686
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12189
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11520
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10385
58 Courier Service 15383
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44448
62 Date Code 18476
63 Days of Supply 19983
64 Dead on Arrival 9467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7402
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8229
67 Detective Control 9018
68 Devanning 14325
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11084
70 Dispatching 24750
71 Distributed Inventory 8453
72 Distribution Channel Management 35078
73 Distribution Metrics 9283
74 Distribution Planning 24352
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15387
76 Double Marginalization 52968
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22533
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20738
80 Echelon Inventory 26374
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38407
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50085
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7715
84 Efficient Frontier 25681
85 Engineer-to-Order 31935
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16740
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8422
89 Ex Works 7916
90 Exception Rate 13643
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9626
94 Field Services 7811
95 Field Warehouse 10891
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8936
97 Fishbone Diagram 14731
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27278
99 Flow Through Distribution 12444
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8298
 
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