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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 10260
2 3D Loading 6474
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21681
4 5 Point Annual Average 9124
5 5 Whys 22273
6 5S Program 8208
7 ABC Analysis 34118
8 ABC Inventory Control 17175
9 Abnormal Demand 24269
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7602
11 Activity Analysis 11411
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14384
13 Actual Demand 11131
14 Aggregate Planning 12061
15 Air Cargo 9990
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6575
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34744
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15289
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19099
20 Assembly Line 22119
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22869
22 Average Speed of Answer 26495
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22967
24 Batch Production 38131
25 Bill Discounting 14392
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11106
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7071
28 Blanket Release 9930
29 Bonded Warehouse 9996
30 Booking Number 13661
31 Bottleneck 9422
32 Buffer Stock 58961
33 Build to Stock 12859
34 Bullwhip Effect 9483
35 Business Logistics 25471
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12484
37 Capacity Management 40202
38 Capacity Utilization 13987
39 Capital Intensive 8305
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8616
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12032
42 Certified Supplier 8915
43 Channel Effectiveness 8870
44 Co-Destiny 9208
45 Co-managed Inventory 12380
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6783
48 Computer-Based Training 7627
49 Consular Invoice 19615
50 Container Depot 10537
51 Container Freight Station 10225
52 Continuous Replenishment 19385
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11992
54 Contract Carrier 7285
55 Contract of Affreightment 11337
56 Control Charts 7896
57 Cost Flow 10196
58 Courier Service 15118
59 CPFR 8150
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11705
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43929
62 Date Code 18083
63 Days of Supply 19719
64 Dead on Arrival 9138
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7237
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8028
67 Detective Control 8843
68 Devanning 14143
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10785
70 Dispatching 24280
71 Distributed Inventory 8290
72 Distribution Channel Management 34523
73 Distribution Metrics 8996
74 Distribution Planning 24101
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15105
76 Double Marginalization 52508
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22195
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20507
80 Echelon Inventory 26074
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38167
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49446
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7546
84 Efficient Frontier 25319
85 Engineer-to-Order 31597
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16277
87 Erlang B Formula 9271
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7783
90 Exception Rate 13381
91 Exponential smoothing 9763
92 External Growth 9988
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7693
95 Field Warehouse 10074
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8671
97 Fishbone Diagram 14521
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26868
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8090
 
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