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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 10505
2 3D Loading 6582
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21866
4 5 Point Annual Average 9239
5 5 Whys 22399
6 5S Program 8309
7 ABC Analysis 34480
8 ABC Inventory Control 17340
9 Abnormal Demand 24427
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7708
11 Activity Analysis 11553
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14711
13 Actual Demand 11252
14 Aggregate Planning 12283
15 Air Cargo 10153
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6693
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34931
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15370
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19359
20 Assembly Line 22605
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23044
22 Average Speed of Answer 26611
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23241
24 Batch Production 38530
25 Bill Discounting 14609
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11305
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7198
28 Blanket Release 10077
29 Bonded Warehouse 10109
30 Booking Number 13881
31 Bottleneck 9589
32 Buffer Stock 59461
33 Build to Stock 13069
34 Bullwhip Effect 9728
35 Business Logistics 25843
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12622
37 Capacity Management 40776
38 Capacity Utilization 14170
39 Capital Intensive 8483
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8820
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12200
42 Certified Supplier 9003
43 Channel Effectiveness 8975
44 Co-Destiny 9349
45 Co-managed Inventory 12623
46 Co-Packers 11828
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6931
48 Computer-Based Training 7733
49 Consular Invoice 19893
50 Container Depot 10653
51 Container Freight Station 10313
52 Continuous Replenishment 19624
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12133
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11462
56 Control Charts 8002
57 Cost Flow 10331
58 Courier Service 15308
59 CPFR 8271
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11855
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44287
62 Date Code 18329
63 Days of Supply 19913
64 Dead on Arrival 9396
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7352
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8168
67 Detective Control 8958
68 Devanning 14268
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11019
70 Dispatching 24625
71 Distributed Inventory 8405
72 Distribution Channel Management 34911
73 Distribution Metrics 9200
74 Distribution Planning 24268
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15298
76 Double Marginalization 52853
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22457
78 Dual 5473
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20675
80 Echelon Inventory 26271
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38329
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49904
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7664
84 Efficient Frontier 25581
85 Engineer-to-Order 31843
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16624
87 Erlang B Formula 9397
88 ETD 8373
89 Ex Works 7874
90 Exception Rate 13558
91 Exponential smoothing 9867
92 External Growth 10139
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9569
94 Field Services 7777
95 Field Warehouse 10659
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8851
97 Fishbone Diagram 14669
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8231
 
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