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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 10619
2 3D Loading 6649
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21971
4 5 Point Annual Average 9320
5 5 Whys 22487
6 5S Program 8384
7 ABC Analysis 34734
8 ABC Inventory Control 17465
9 Abnormal Demand 24532
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7804
11 Activity Analysis 11647
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14962
13 Actual Demand 11322
14 Aggregate Planning 12378
15 Air Cargo 10280
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6776
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35052
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15435
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19485
20 Assembly Line 22867
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23165
22 Average Speed of Answer 26692
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23407
24 Batch Production 38795
25 Bill Discounting 14736
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11423
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7281
28 Blanket Release 10168
29 Bonded Warehouse 10199
30 Booking Number 14053
31 Bottleneck 9708
32 Buffer Stock 59680
33 Build to Stock 13153
34 Bullwhip Effect 9871
35 Business Logistics 26050
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12713
37 Capacity Management 41160
38 Capacity Utilization 14310
39 Capital Intensive 8593
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8953
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12298
42 Certified Supplier 9064
43 Channel Effectiveness 9063
44 Co-Destiny 9441
45 Co-managed Inventory 12734
46 Co-Packers 11918
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7023
48 Computer-Based Training 7806
49 Consular Invoice 20042
50 Container Depot 10737
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19728
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12218
54 Contract Carrier 7401
55 Contract of Affreightment 11555
56 Control Charts 8068
57 Cost Flow 10421
58 Courier Service 15420
59 CPFR 8345
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11951
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44560
62 Date Code 18544
63 Days of Supply 20024
64 Dead on Arrival 9506
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7435
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8264
67 Detective Control 9062
68 Devanning 14353
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11124
70 Dispatching 24827
71 Distributed Inventory 8476
72 Distribution Channel Management 35157
73 Distribution Metrics 9340
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15429
76 Double Marginalization 53036
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22581
78 Dual 5538
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20771
80 Echelon Inventory 26458
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38465
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50198
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7743
84 Efficient Frontier 25746
85 Engineer-to-Order 31989
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16818
87 Erlang B Formula 9475
88 ETD 8456
89 Ex Works 7941
90 Exception Rate 13684
91 Exponential smoothing 9946
92 External Growth 10240
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11032
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8991
97 Fishbone Diagram 14776
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27353
99 Flow Through Distribution 12486
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8344
 
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