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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 10409
2 3D Loading 6532
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21786
4 5 Point Annual Average 9188
5 5 Whys 22343
6 5S Program 8269
7 ABC Analysis 34324
8 ABC Inventory Control 17264
9 Abnormal Demand 24362
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7665
11 Activity Analysis 11489
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14586
13 Actual Demand 11205
14 Aggregate Planning 12232
15 Air Cargo 10073
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6650
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34869
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15336
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19290
20 Assembly Line 22407
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22971
22 Average Speed of Answer 26561
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23118
24 Batch Production 38374
25 Bill Discounting 14525
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11227
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7146
28 Blanket Release 10015
29 Bonded Warehouse 10062
30 Booking Number 13786
31 Bottleneck 9517
32 Buffer Stock 59238
33 Build to Stock 13017
34 Bullwhip Effect 9672
35 Business Logistics 25724
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12569
37 Capacity Management 40510
38 Capacity Utilization 14104
39 Capital Intensive 8410
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8736
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12130
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8930
44 Co-Destiny 9299
45 Co-managed Inventory 12560
46 Co-Packers 11771
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6872
48 Computer-Based Training 7693
49 Consular Invoice 19779
50 Container Depot 10607
51 Container Freight Station 10276
52 Continuous Replenishment 19558
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12076
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11415
56 Control Charts 7963
57 Cost Flow 10274
58 Courier Service 15232
59 CPFR 8222
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11799
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44144
62 Date Code 18228
63 Days of Supply 19835
64 Dead on Arrival 9321
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8105
67 Detective Control 8910
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10953
70 Dispatching 24511
71 Distributed Inventory 8355
72 Distribution Channel Management 34741
73 Distribution Metrics 9115
74 Distribution Planning 24200
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15212
76 Double Marginalization 52729
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22376
78 Dual 5441
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20611
80 Echelon Inventory 26204
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38263
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49721
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7614
84 Efficient Frontier 25479
85 Engineer-to-Order 31737
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16512
87 Erlang B Formula 9347
88 ETD 8330
89 Ex Works 7834
90 Exception Rate 13492
91 Exponential smoothing 9829
92 External Growth 10073
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9518
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10449
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8760
97 Fishbone Diagram 14606
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27030
99 Flow Through Distribution 12308
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8176
 
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