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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 10615
2 3D Loading 6645
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21964
4 5 Point Annual Average 9317
5 5 Whys 22485
6 5S Program 8380
7 ABC Analysis 34722
8 ABC Inventory Control 17457
9 Abnormal Demand 24524
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7791
11 Activity Analysis 11640
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14951
13 Actual Demand 11318
14 Aggregate Planning 12369
15 Air Cargo 10275
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6770
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35046
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15430
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19480
20 Assembly Line 22856
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23159
22 Average Speed of Answer 26688
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23399
24 Batch Production 38780
25 Bill Discounting 14727
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11412
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7275
28 Blanket Release 10160
29 Bonded Warehouse 10192
30 Booking Number 14044
31 Bottleneck 9702
32 Buffer Stock 59669
33 Build to Stock 13148
34 Bullwhip Effect 9861
35 Business Logistics 26043
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12707
37 Capacity Management 41133
38 Capacity Utilization 14305
39 Capital Intensive 8581
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8944
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12293
42 Certified Supplier 9061
43 Channel Effectiveness 9054
44 Co-Destiny 9437
45 Co-managed Inventory 12727
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7016
48 Computer-Based Training 7803
49 Consular Invoice 20036
50 Container Depot 10731
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19721
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12211
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11549
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10417
58 Courier Service 15415
59 CPFR 8340
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11947
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44550
62 Date Code 18538
63 Days of Supply 20018
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7430
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8256
67 Detective Control 9057
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11121
70 Dispatching 24815
71 Distributed Inventory 8472
72 Distribution Channel Management 35148
73 Distribution Metrics 9330
74 Distribution Planning 24385
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15419
76 Double Marginalization 53025
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22572
78 Dual 5534
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20766
80 Echelon Inventory 26447
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38456
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50185
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7737
84 Efficient Frontier 25738
85 Engineer-to-Order 31982
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16808
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8451
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13675
91 Exponential smoothing 9941
92 External Growth 10235
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9663
94 Field Services 7832
95 Field Warehouse 11010
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8983
97 Fishbone Diagram 14766
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27341
99 Flow Through Distribution 12480
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8333
 
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