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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 10585
2 3D Loading 6631
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21935
4 5 Point Annual Average 9290
5 5 Whys 22456
6 5S Program 8364
7 ABC Analysis 34641
8 ABC Inventory Control 17425
9 Abnormal Demand 24491
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7766
11 Activity Analysis 11611
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14877
13 Actual Demand 11295
14 Aggregate Planning 12341
15 Air Cargo 10240
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6748
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35005
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15419
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19433
20 Assembly Line 22785
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23129
22 Average Speed of Answer 26662
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23349
24 Batch Production 38707
25 Bill Discounting 14691
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11375
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7248
28 Blanket Release 10136
29 Bonded Warehouse 10168
30 Booking Number 13990
31 Bottleneck 9674
32 Buffer Stock 59609
33 Build to Stock 13126
34 Bullwhip Effect 9816
35 Business Logistics 25997
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41029
38 Capacity Utilization 14260
39 Capital Intensive 8558
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8907
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12260
42 Certified Supplier 9049
43 Channel Effectiveness 9031
44 Co-Destiny 9412
45 Co-managed Inventory 12695
46 Co-Packers 11891
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6990
48 Computer-Based Training 7781
49 Consular Invoice 19977
50 Container Depot 10704
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19690
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12190
54 Contract Carrier 7384
55 Contract of Affreightment 11522
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10389
58 Courier Service 15386
59 CPFR 8319
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44464
62 Date Code 18487
63 Days of Supply 19986
64 Dead on Arrival 9468
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7404
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8231
67 Detective Control 9020
68 Devanning 14326
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11086
70 Dispatching 24758
71 Distributed Inventory 8455
72 Distribution Channel Management 35089
73 Distribution Metrics 9289
74 Distribution Planning 24354
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15391
76 Double Marginalization 52975
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22537
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20741
80 Echelon Inventory 26380
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38412
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50096
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7719
84 Efficient Frontier 25687
85 Engineer-to-Order 31941
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16750
87 Erlang B Formula 9453
88 ETD 8426
89 Ex Works 7919
90 Exception Rate 13647
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10202
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7813
95 Field Warehouse 10903
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8940
97 Fishbone Diagram 14735
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27283
99 Flow Through Distribution 12446
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8301
 
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