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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 10508
2 3D Loading 6586
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21869
4 5 Point Annual Average 9242
5 5 Whys 22401
6 5S Program 8314
7 ABC Analysis 34490
8 ABC Inventory Control 17345
9 Abnormal Demand 24434
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7710
11 Activity Analysis 11554
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14720
13 Actual Demand 11255
14 Aggregate Planning 12287
15 Air Cargo 10160
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6696
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34935
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15375
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19361
20 Assembly Line 22616
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23048
22 Average Speed of Answer 26612
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23249
24 Batch Production 38543
25 Bill Discounting 14611
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11309
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7201
28 Blanket Release 10080
29 Bonded Warehouse 10113
30 Booking Number 13885
31 Bottleneck 9594
32 Buffer Stock 59467
33 Build to Stock 13072
34 Bullwhip Effect 9733
35 Business Logistics 25852
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12624
37 Capacity Management 40792
38 Capacity Utilization 14172
39 Capital Intensive 8490
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8824
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12204
42 Certified Supplier 9007
43 Channel Effectiveness 8979
44 Co-Destiny 9353
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11830
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6934
48 Computer-Based Training 7735
49 Consular Invoice 19896
50 Container Depot 10657
51 Container Freight Station 10315
52 Continuous Replenishment 19627
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12137
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11465
56 Control Charts 8007
57 Cost Flow 10334
58 Courier Service 15310
59 CPFR 8273
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11860
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44298
62 Date Code 18335
63 Days of Supply 19916
64 Dead on Arrival 9400
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7354
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8173
67 Detective Control 8961
68 Devanning 14272
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11023
70 Dispatching 24634
71 Distributed Inventory 8409
72 Distribution Channel Management 34923
73 Distribution Metrics 9205
74 Distribution Planning 24271
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15300
76 Double Marginalization 52859
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22461
78 Dual 5476
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20678
80 Echelon Inventory 26277
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38332
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49915
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7667
84 Efficient Frontier 25586
85 Engineer-to-Order 31846
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16631
87 Erlang B Formula 9399
88 ETD 8375
89 Ex Works 7878
90 Exception Rate 13567
91 Exponential smoothing 9871
92 External Growth 10143
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9572
94 Field Services 7778
95 Field Warehouse 10672
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8855
97 Fishbone Diagram 14674
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27162
99 Flow Through Distribution 12377
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8235
 
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