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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 10380
2 3D Loading 6524
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21772
4 5 Point Annual Average 9180
5 5 Whys 22331
6 5S Program 8259
7 ABC Analysis 34297
8 ABC Inventory Control 17248
9 Abnormal Demand 24349
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7654
11 Activity Analysis 11481
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14561
13 Actual Demand 11198
14 Aggregate Planning 12178
15 Air Cargo 10062
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6642
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34850
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15328
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19237
20 Assembly Line 22363
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22958
22 Average Speed of Answer 26555
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23101
24 Batch Production 38336
25 Bill Discounting 14510
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11214
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7133
28 Blanket Release 10000
29 Bonded Warehouse 10053
30 Booking Number 13769
31 Bottleneck 9505
32 Buffer Stock 59198
33 Build to Stock 12966
34 Bullwhip Effect 9621
35 Business Logistics 25664
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12563
37 Capacity Management 40455
38 Capacity Utilization 14089
39 Capital Intensive 8394
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8719
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12115
42 Certified Supplier 8961
43 Channel Effectiveness 8919
44 Co-Destiny 9287
45 Co-managed Inventory 12511
46 Co-Packers 11756
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6861
48 Computer-Based Training 7685
49 Consular Invoice 19758
50 Container Depot 10599
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19505
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12070
54 Contract Carrier 7315
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7954
57 Cost Flow 10261
58 Courier Service 15217
59 CPFR 8209
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11784
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44120
62 Date Code 18204
63 Days of Supply 19820
64 Dead on Arrival 9272
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8092
67 Detective Control 8901
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10903
70 Dispatching 24478
71 Distributed Inventory 8347
72 Distribution Channel Management 34699
73 Distribution Metrics 9098
74 Distribution Planning 24186
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15199
76 Double Marginalization 52670
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22325
78 Dual 5436
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20592
80 Echelon Inventory 26185
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49685
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7607
84 Efficient Frontier 25449
85 Engineer-to-Order 31717
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16455
87 Erlang B Formula 9336
88 ETD 8321
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13477
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9464
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10412
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8744
97 Fishbone Diagram 14596
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27004
99 Flow Through Distribution 12300
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
 
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