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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 10605
2 3D Loading 6637
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21956
4 5 Point Annual Average 9307
5 5 Whys 22471
6 5S Program 8374
7 ABC Analysis 34691
8 ABC Inventory Control 17446
9 Abnormal Demand 24514
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7783
11 Activity Analysis 11631
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14923
13 Actual Demand 11310
14 Aggregate Planning 12360
15 Air Cargo 10263
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6762
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35030
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15428
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19462
20 Assembly Line 22827
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23146
22 Average Speed of Answer 26678
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23378
24 Batch Production 38750
25 Bill Discounting 14714
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11397
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7268
28 Blanket Release 10152
29 Bonded Warehouse 10182
30 Booking Number 14028
31 Bottleneck 9690
32 Buffer Stock 59647
33 Build to Stock 13140
34 Bullwhip Effect 9846
35 Business Logistics 26022
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12699
37 Capacity Management 41086
38 Capacity Utilization 14282
39 Capital Intensive 8575
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8930
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12281
42 Certified Supplier 9058
43 Channel Effectiveness 9048
44 Co-Destiny 9431
45 Co-managed Inventory 12719
46 Co-Packers 11908
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7006
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20016
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10375
52 Continuous Replenishment 19710
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7393
55 Contract of Affreightment 11544
56 Control Charts 8059
57 Cost Flow 10406
58 Courier Service 15404
59 CPFR 8334
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11935
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44521
62 Date Code 18516
63 Days of Supply 20007
64 Dead on Arrival 9486
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7422
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8246
67 Detective Control 9040
68 Devanning 14343
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11105
70 Dispatching 24792
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35118
73 Distribution Metrics 9314
74 Distribution Planning 24371
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15408
76 Double Marginalization 53007
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22561
78 Dual 5525
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20754
80 Echelon Inventory 26424
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38440
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50149
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7731
84 Efficient Frontier 25719
85 Engineer-to-Order 31962
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16788
87 Erlang B Formula 9466
88 ETD 8442
89 Ex Works 7927
90 Exception Rate 13664
91 Exponential smoothing 9933
92 External Growth 10223
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9649
94 Field Services 7826
95 Field Warehouse 10959
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8963
97 Fishbone Diagram 14758
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27314
99 Flow Through Distribution 12468
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8319
 
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