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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 10466
2 3D Loading 6555
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21826
4 5 Point Annual Average 9208
5 5 Whys 22370
6 5S Program 8289
7 ABC Analysis 34394
8 ABC Inventory Control 17297
9 Abnormal Demand 24395
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7685
11 Activity Analysis 11522
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14649
13 Actual Demand 11232
14 Aggregate Planning 12262
15 Air Cargo 10109
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6673
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34899
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15351
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19325
20 Assembly Line 22502
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23007
22 Average Speed of Answer 26582
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23185
24 Batch Production 38454
25 Bill Discounting 14568
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11260
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7173
28 Blanket Release 10049
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13839
31 Bottleneck 9555
32 Buffer Stock 59357
33 Build to Stock 13047
34 Bullwhip Effect 9698
35 Business Logistics 25794
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12591
37 Capacity Management 40632
38 Capacity Utilization 14137
39 Capital Intensive 8440
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8777
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12167
42 Certified Supplier 8982
43 Channel Effectiveness 8951
44 Co-Destiny 9325
45 Co-managed Inventory 12591
46 Co-Packers 11802
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6904
48 Computer-Based Training 7711
49 Consular Invoice 19835
50 Container Depot 10629
51 Container Freight Station 10299
52 Continuous Replenishment 19594
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12108
54 Contract Carrier 7332
55 Contract of Affreightment 11440
56 Control Charts 7981
57 Cost Flow 10295
58 Courier Service 15278
59 CPFR 8246
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11827
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44220
62 Date Code 18275
63 Days of Supply 19868
64 Dead on Arrival 9354
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8139
67 Detective Control 8931
68 Devanning 14236
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10990
70 Dispatching 24572
71 Distributed Inventory 8378
72 Distribution Channel Management 34820
73 Distribution Metrics 9150
74 Distribution Planning 24234
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15252
76 Double Marginalization 52800
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22417
78 Dual 5460
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20640
80 Echelon Inventory 26242
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38298
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49802
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7637
84 Efficient Frontier 25533
85 Engineer-to-Order 31799
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16565
87 Erlang B Formula 9369
88 ETD 8349
89 Ex Works 7854
90 Exception Rate 13522
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10107
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9539
94 Field Services 7761
95 Field Warehouse 10562
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8803
97 Fishbone Diagram 14635
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27092
99 Flow Through Distribution 12342
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8201
 
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