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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 10611
2 3D Loading 6643
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21961
4 5 Point Annual Average 9315
5 5 Whys 22475
6 5S Program 8377
7 ABC Analysis 34711
8 ABC Inventory Control 17453
9 Abnormal Demand 24519
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7790
11 Activity Analysis 11637
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14935
13 Actual Demand 11316
14 Aggregate Planning 12363
15 Air Cargo 10268
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6768
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35040
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15429
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19469
20 Assembly Line 22842
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23154
22 Average Speed of Answer 26686
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23388
24 Batch Production 38766
25 Bill Discounting 14722
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11410
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7272
28 Blanket Release 10155
29 Bonded Warehouse 10188
30 Booking Number 14038
31 Bottleneck 9695
32 Buffer Stock 59662
33 Build to Stock 13143
34 Bullwhip Effect 9855
35 Business Logistics 26036
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12704
37 Capacity Management 41109
38 Capacity Utilization 14293
39 Capital Intensive 8579
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8938
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12287
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9052
44 Co-Destiny 9435
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11912
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7012
48 Computer-Based Training 7796
49 Consular Invoice 20023
50 Container Depot 10725
51 Container Freight Station 10377
52 Continuous Replenishment 19718
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12208
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8062
57 Cost Flow 10413
58 Courier Service 15410
59 CPFR 8337
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11942
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44536
62 Date Code 18527
63 Days of Supply 20016
64 Dead on Arrival 9493
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7424
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8251
67 Detective Control 9050
68 Devanning 14347
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11114
70 Dispatching 24805
71 Distributed Inventory 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35137
73 Distribution Metrics 9324
74 Distribution Planning 24381
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15415
76 Double Marginalization 53014
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22565
78 Dual 5528
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20759
80 Echelon Inventory 26435
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38448
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50167
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25730
85 Engineer-to-Order 31973
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16800
87 Erlang B Formula 9469
88 ETD 8447
89 Ex Works 7931
90 Exception Rate 13670
91 Exponential smoothing 9938
92 External Growth 10230
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9658
94 Field Services 7829
95 Field Warehouse 10979
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8975
97 Fishbone Diagram 14763
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27328
99 Flow Through Distribution 12476
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8326
 
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