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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 10357
2 3D Loading 6520
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21768
4 5 Point Annual Average 9179
5 5 Whys 22328
6 5S Program 8256
7 ABC Analysis 34287
8 ABC Inventory Control 17245
9 Abnormal Demand 24343
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7651
11 Activity Analysis 11477
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14548
13 Actual Demand 11196
14 Aggregate Planning 12154
15 Air Cargo 10057
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6636
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34844
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15325
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19212
20 Assembly Line 22343
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22951
22 Average Speed of Answer 26550
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23090
24 Batch Production 38327
25 Bill Discounting 14507
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11203
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7129
28 Blanket Release 9995
29 Bonded Warehouse 10049
30 Booking Number 13761
31 Bottleneck 9496
32 Buffer Stock 59179
33 Build to Stock 12944
34 Bullwhip Effect 9595
35 Business Logistics 25637
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12558
37 Capacity Management 40435
38 Capacity Utilization 14085
39 Capital Intensive 8390
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8714
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12110
42 Certified Supplier 8958
43 Channel Effectiveness 8917
44 Co-Destiny 9281
45 Co-managed Inventory 12486
46 Co-Packers 11751
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6856
48 Computer-Based Training 7681
49 Consular Invoice 19749
50 Container Depot 10593
51 Container Freight Station 10270
52 Continuous Replenishment 19479
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12062
54 Contract Carrier 7312
55 Contract of Affreightment 11400
56 Control Charts 7951
57 Cost Flow 10254
58 Courier Service 15212
59 CPFR 8205
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11779
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44103
62 Date Code 18195
63 Days of Supply 19809
64 Dead on Arrival 9249
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7297
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8087
67 Detective Control 8895
68 Devanning 14198
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10877
70 Dispatching 24464
71 Distributed Inventory 8341
72 Distribution Channel Management 34686
73 Distribution Metrics 9094
74 Distribution Planning 24178
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15196
76 Double Marginalization 52646
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22301
78 Dual 5432
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20587
80 Echelon Inventory 26179
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38241
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49666
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7603
84 Efficient Frontier 25442
85 Engineer-to-Order 31714
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16428
87 Erlang B Formula 9333
88 ETD 8317
89 Ex Works 7824
90 Exception Rate 13468
91 Exponential smoothing 9817
92 External Growth 10060
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9441
94 Field Services 7735
95 Field Warehouse 10397
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8742
97 Fishbone Diagram 14589
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26996
99 Flow Through Distribution 12295
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8163
 
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