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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 10424
2 3D Loading 6536
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21794
4 5 Point Annual Average 9192
5 5 Whys 22346
6 5S Program 8271
7 ABC Analysis 34336
8 ABC Inventory Control 17269
9 Abnormal Demand 24368
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7669
11 Activity Analysis 11493
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14593
13 Actual Demand 11209
14 Aggregate Planning 12235
15 Air Cargo 10077
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6652
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34872
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15338
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19298
20 Assembly Line 22421
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22977
22 Average Speed of Answer 26565
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23129
24 Batch Production 38385
25 Bill Discounting 14534
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11230
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7153
28 Blanket Release 10021
29 Bonded Warehouse 10067
30 Booking Number 13796
31 Bottleneck 9522
32 Buffer Stock 59256
33 Build to Stock 13020
34 Bullwhip Effect 9677
35 Business Logistics 25735
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12572
37 Capacity Management 40524
38 Capacity Utilization 14113
39 Capital Intensive 8412
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8741
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12136
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8931
44 Co-Destiny 9304
45 Co-managed Inventory 12566
46 Co-Packers 11779
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6878
48 Computer-Based Training 7695
49 Consular Invoice 19787
50 Container Depot 10611
51 Container Freight Station 10278
52 Continuous Replenishment 19563
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12083
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11419
56 Control Charts 7966
57 Cost Flow 10277
58 Courier Service 15238
59 CPFR 8226
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11805
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44158
62 Date Code 18233
63 Days of Supply 19839
64 Dead on Arrival 9326
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7314
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8110
67 Detective Control 8914
68 Devanning 14215
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10960
70 Dispatching 24523
71 Distributed Inventory 8360
72 Distribution Channel Management 34754
73 Distribution Metrics 9121
74 Distribution Planning 24202
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15217
76 Double Marginalization 52744
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22382
78 Dual 5444
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20617
80 Echelon Inventory 26210
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38272
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49736
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7620
84 Efficient Frontier 25490
85 Engineer-to-Order 31751
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16526
87 Erlang B Formula 9349
88 ETD 8335
89 Ex Works 7836
90 Exception Rate 13496
91 Exponential smoothing 9833
92 External Growth 10078
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9523
94 Field Services 7743
95 Field Warehouse 10466
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8767
97 Fishbone Diagram 14611
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27041
99 Flow Through Distribution 12311
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8182
 
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