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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 10446
2 3D Loading 6544
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21806
4 5 Point Annual Average 9198
5 5 Whys 22360
6 5S Program 8280
7 ABC Analysis 34368
8 ABC Inventory Control 17282
9 Abnormal Demand 24381
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7677
11 Activity Analysis 11505
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14623
13 Actual Demand 11221
14 Aggregate Planning 12248
15 Air Cargo 10092
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6667
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34884
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15344
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19315
20 Assembly Line 22463
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22990
22 Average Speed of Answer 26575
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23157
24 Batch Production 38415
25 Bill Discounting 14549
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11242
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7163
28 Blanket Release 10035
29 Bonded Warehouse 10078
30 Booking Number 13809
31 Bottleneck 9537
32 Buffer Stock 59307
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9689
35 Business Logistics 25764
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12583
37 Capacity Management 40578
38 Capacity Utilization 14124
39 Capital Intensive 8427
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8760
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12149
42 Certified Supplier 8976
43 Channel Effectiveness 8942
44 Co-Destiny 9314
45 Co-managed Inventory 12576
46 Co-Packers 11792
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6892
48 Computer-Based Training 7701
49 Consular Invoice 19815
50 Container Depot 10622
51 Container Freight Station 10288
52 Continuous Replenishment 19579
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12094
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11430
56 Control Charts 7974
57 Cost Flow 10286
58 Courier Service 15258
59 CPFR 8237
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11816
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44196
62 Date Code 18257
63 Days of Supply 19855
64 Dead on Arrival 9339
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7322
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8124
67 Detective Control 8923
68 Devanning 14223
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10978
70 Dispatching 24545
71 Distributed Inventory 8369
72 Distribution Channel Management 34784
73 Distribution Metrics 9133
74 Distribution Planning 24216
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15235
76 Double Marginalization 52773
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22398
78 Dual 5450
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20628
80 Echelon Inventory 26229
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38291
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49778
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25509
85 Engineer-to-Order 31774
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16545
87 Erlang B Formula 9360
88 ETD 8343
89 Ex Works 7846
90 Exception Rate 13509
91 Exponential smoothing 9841
92 External Growth 10090
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9531
94 Field Services 7750
95 Field Warehouse 10519
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8784
97 Fishbone Diagram 14623
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27061
99 Flow Through Distribution 12327
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8192
 
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