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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 10169
2 3D Loading 6414
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21581
4 5 Point Annual Average 9063
5 5 Whys 22212
6 5S Program 8137
7 ABC Analysis 33931
8 ABC Inventory Control 17089
9 Abnormal Demand 24177
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7534
11 Activity Analysis 11339
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14208
13 Actual Demand 11056
14 Aggregate Planning 11989
15 Air Cargo 9900
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6514
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34651
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15236
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19014
20 Assembly Line 21843
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22763
22 Average Speed of Answer 26433
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22836
24 Batch Production 37870
25 Bill Discounting 14272
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10973
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6994
28 Blanket Release 9840
29 Bonded Warehouse 9929
30 Booking Number 13542
31 Bottleneck 9330
32 Buffer Stock 58643
33 Build to Stock 12793
34 Bullwhip Effect 9390
35 Business Logistics 25301
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12400
37 Capacity Management 39923
38 Capacity Utilization 13891
39 Capital Intensive 8209
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8513
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11945
42 Certified Supplier 8865
43 Channel Effectiveness 8825
44 Co-Destiny 9127
45 Co-managed Inventory 12298
46 Co-Packers 11619
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6707
48 Computer-Based Training 7567
49 Consular Invoice 19481
50 Container Depot 10456
51 Container Freight Station 10186
52 Continuous Replenishment 19301
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11917
54 Contract Carrier 7243
55 Contract of Affreightment 11273
56 Control Charts 7833
57 Cost Flow 10143
58 Courier Service 15010
59 CPFR 8083
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11626
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43690
62 Date Code 17942
63 Days of Supply 19619
64 Dead on Arrival 9051
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7168
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7958
67 Detective Control 8767
68 Devanning 14081
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10701
70 Dispatching 23994
71 Distributed Inventory 8230
72 Distribution Channel Management 34345
73 Distribution Metrics 8876
74 Distribution Planning 24014
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14994
76 Double Marginalization 52379
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22112
78 Dual 5341
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20417
80 Echelon Inventory 25964
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38070
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49199
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7487
84 Efficient Frontier 25186
85 Engineer-to-Order 31455
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16129
87 Erlang B Formula 9195
88 ETD 8177
89 Ex Works 7732
90 Exception Rate 13275
91 Exponential smoothing 9699
92 External Growth 9911
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9289
94 Field Services 7644
95 Field Warehouse 9774
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8569
97 Fishbone Diagram 14440
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26728
99 Flow Through Distribution 12147
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8021
 
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