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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 10443
2 3D Loading 6543
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21805
4 5 Point Annual Average 9197
5 5 Whys 22359
6 5S Program 8279
7 ABC Analysis 34359
8 ABC Inventory Control 17278
9 Abnormal Demand 24375
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7675
11 Activity Analysis 11503
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14619
13 Actual Demand 11218
14 Aggregate Planning 12245
15 Air Cargo 10087
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6662
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34881
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15340
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19313
20 Assembly Line 22455
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22989
22 Average Speed of Answer 26573
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23152
24 Batch Production 38410
25 Bill Discounting 14546
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11240
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7160
28 Blanket Release 10032
29 Bonded Warehouse 10075
30 Booking Number 13806
31 Bottleneck 9535
32 Buffer Stock 59294
33 Build to Stock 13031
34 Bullwhip Effect 9687
35 Business Logistics 25760
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12583
37 Capacity Management 40564
38 Capacity Utilization 14120
39 Capital Intensive 8422
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8757
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12146
42 Certified Supplier 8974
43 Channel Effectiveness 8940
44 Co-Destiny 9313
45 Co-managed Inventory 12575
46 Co-Packers 11789
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6889
48 Computer-Based Training 7699
49 Consular Invoice 19806
50 Container Depot 10620
51 Container Freight Station 10288
52 Continuous Replenishment 19575
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12091
54 Contract Carrier 7324
55 Contract of Affreightment 11429
56 Control Charts 7973
57 Cost Flow 10283
58 Courier Service 15253
59 CPFR 8234
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11813
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44188
62 Date Code 18252
63 Days of Supply 19853
64 Dead on Arrival 9337
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7319
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8121
67 Detective Control 8922
68 Devanning 14221
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10974
70 Dispatching 24540
71 Distributed Inventory 8367
72 Distribution Channel Management 34776
73 Distribution Metrics 9130
74 Distribution Planning 24213
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15229
76 Double Marginalization 52767
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22395
78 Dual 5449
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20625
80 Echelon Inventory 26222
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38287
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49771
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25504
85 Engineer-to-Order 31765
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16540
87 Erlang B Formula 9358
88 ETD 8342
89 Ex Works 7843
90 Exception Rate 13506
91 Exponential smoothing 9839
92 External Growth 10089
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9530
94 Field Services 7748
95 Field Warehouse 10504
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8782
97 Fishbone Diagram 14620
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27055
99 Flow Through Distribution 12322
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8189
 
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