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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 10500
2 3D Loading 6577
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21862
4 5 Point Annual Average 9237
5 5 Whys 22397
6 5S Program 8307
7 ABC Analysis 34471
8 ABC Inventory Control 17336
9 Abnormal Demand 24425
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7704
11 Activity Analysis 11552
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14703
13 Actual Demand 11252
14 Aggregate Planning 12282
15 Air Cargo 10149
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6691
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34929
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15370
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19356
20 Assembly Line 22597
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23042
22 Average Speed of Answer 26608
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23236
24 Batch Production 38522
25 Bill Discounting 14606
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11303
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7195
28 Blanket Release 10074
29 Bonded Warehouse 10106
30 Booking Number 13878
31 Bottleneck 9586
32 Buffer Stock 59454
33 Build to Stock 13068
34 Bullwhip Effect 9724
35 Business Logistics 25841
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12616
37 Capacity Management 40759
38 Capacity Utilization 14168
39 Capital Intensive 8479
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8817
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12195
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8973
44 Co-Destiny 9346
45 Co-managed Inventory 12618
46 Co-Packers 11827
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6929
48 Computer-Based Training 7730
49 Consular Invoice 19887
50 Container Depot 10649
51 Container Freight Station 10312
52 Continuous Replenishment 19622
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12130
54 Contract Carrier 7349
55 Contract of Affreightment 11461
56 Control Charts 7996
57 Cost Flow 10326
58 Courier Service 15303
59 CPFR 8267
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11851
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44281
62 Date Code 18324
63 Days of Supply 19907
64 Dead on Arrival 9391
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7351
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8164
67 Detective Control 8955
68 Devanning 14265
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11017
70 Dispatching 24620
71 Distributed Inventory 8402
72 Distribution Channel Management 34901
73 Distribution Metrics 9196
74 Distribution Planning 24263
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15293
76 Double Marginalization 52849
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22453
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20672
80 Echelon Inventory 26269
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38326
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49894
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7661
84 Efficient Frontier 25580
85 Engineer-to-Order 31841
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16621
87 Erlang B Formula 9393
88 ETD 8370
89 Ex Works 7871
90 Exception Rate 13553
91 Exponential smoothing 9865
92 External Growth 10136
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10648
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14665
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27157
99 Flow Through Distribution 12369
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8229
 
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