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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 10396
2 3D Loading 6529
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21777
4 5 Point Annual Average 9184
5 5 Whys 22334
6 5S Program 8264
7 ABC Analysis 34308
8 ABC Inventory Control 17256
9 Abnormal Demand 24356
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7659
11 Activity Analysis 11485
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14573
13 Actual Demand 11202
14 Aggregate Planning 12208
15 Air Cargo 10069
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6647
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34858
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15331
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19265
20 Assembly Line 22384
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22964
22 Average Speed of Answer 26558
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23108
24 Batch Production 38352
25 Bill Discounting 14517
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11219
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7142
28 Blanket Release 10009
29 Bonded Warehouse 10056
30 Booking Number 13776
31 Bottleneck 9515
32 Buffer Stock 59216
33 Build to Stock 12991
34 Bullwhip Effect 9647
35 Business Logistics 25697
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40482
38 Capacity Utilization 14093
39 Capital Intensive 8404
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8728
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12123
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9294
45 Co-managed Inventory 12536
46 Co-Packers 11763
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6865
48 Computer-Based Training 7688
49 Consular Invoice 19766
50 Container Depot 10603
51 Container Freight Station 10272
52 Continuous Replenishment 19531
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11409
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15225
59 CPFR 8216
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44131
62 Date Code 18215
63 Days of Supply 19827
64 Dead on Arrival 9298
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7306
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10929
70 Dispatching 24492
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34719
73 Distribution Metrics 9104
74 Distribution Planning 24192
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15205
76 Double Marginalization 52698
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22352
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20600
80 Echelon Inventory 26195
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38255
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49699
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25469
85 Engineer-to-Order 31728
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16482
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13482
91 Exponential smoothing 9827
92 External Growth 10070
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9489
94 Field Services 7741
95 Field Warehouse 10429
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8750
97 Fishbone Diagram 14602
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27015
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8170
 
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