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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 10538
2 3D Loading 6605
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21899
4 5 Point Annual Average 9264
5 5 Whys 22424
6 5S Program 8338
7 ABC Analysis 34556
8 ABC Inventory Control 17384
9 Abnormal Demand 24460
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7735
11 Activity Analysis 11575
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14787
13 Actual Demand 11268
14 Aggregate Planning 12305
15 Air Cargo 10189
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6721
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34966
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15388
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19393
20 Assembly Line 22691
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23081
22 Average Speed of Answer 26630
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23289
24 Batch Production 38606
25 Bill Discounting 14654
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11337
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7223
28 Blanket Release 10102
29 Bonded Warehouse 10137
30 Booking Number 13922
31 Bottleneck 9626
32 Buffer Stock 59525
33 Build to Stock 13095
34 Bullwhip Effect 9773
35 Business Logistics 25911
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12648
37 Capacity Management 40885
38 Capacity Utilization 14211
39 Capital Intensive 8518
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8862
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12223
42 Certified Supplier 9026
43 Channel Effectiveness 9002
44 Co-Destiny 9381
45 Co-managed Inventory 12653
46 Co-Packers 11856
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6960
48 Computer-Based Training 7756
49 Consular Invoice 19935
50 Container Depot 10677
51 Container Freight Station 10334
52 Continuous Replenishment 19652
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12160
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11488
56 Control Charts 8025
57 Cost Flow 10357
58 Courier Service 15347
59 CPFR 8288
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11887
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44363
62 Date Code 18385
63 Days of Supply 19945
64 Dead on Arrival 9428
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7378
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8198
67 Detective Control 8986
68 Devanning 14295
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11052
70 Dispatching 24690
71 Distributed Inventory 8431
72 Distribution Channel Management 34998
73 Distribution Metrics 9243
74 Distribution Planning 24304
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15338
76 Double Marginalization 52902
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22491
78 Dual 5491
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20709
80 Echelon Inventory 26313
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38366
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49989
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7688
84 Efficient Frontier 25628
85 Engineer-to-Order 31885
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16675
87 Erlang B Formula 9421
88 ETD 8396
89 Ex Works 7889
90 Exception Rate 13601
91 Exponential smoothing 9894
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9595
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10767
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8891
97 Fishbone Diagram 14696
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27215
99 Flow Through Distribution 12406
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8266
 
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