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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 10619
2 3D Loading 6649
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21972
4 5 Point Annual Average 9321
5 5 Whys 22488
6 5S Program 8386
7 ABC Analysis 34737
8 ABC Inventory Control 17466
9 Abnormal Demand 24533
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7805
11 Activity Analysis 11647
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14964
13 Actual Demand 11323
14 Aggregate Planning 12379
15 Air Cargo 10284
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6778
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35054
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15437
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19486
20 Assembly Line 22871
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23165
22 Average Speed of Answer 26693
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23409
24 Batch Production 38798
25 Bill Discounting 14737
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11425
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7282
28 Blanket Release 10168
29 Bonded Warehouse 10200
30 Booking Number 14054
31 Bottleneck 9711
32 Buffer Stock 59680
33 Build to Stock 13154
34 Bullwhip Effect 9871
35 Business Logistics 26052
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12718
37 Capacity Management 41165
38 Capacity Utilization 14311
39 Capital Intensive 8595
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8955
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12299
42 Certified Supplier 9065
43 Channel Effectiveness 9065
44 Co-Destiny 9442
45 Co-managed Inventory 12735
46 Co-Packers 11920
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7024
48 Computer-Based Training 7806
49 Consular Invoice 20043
50 Container Depot 10738
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19730
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12220
54 Contract Carrier 7401
55 Contract of Affreightment 11555
56 Control Charts 8070
57 Cost Flow 10422
58 Courier Service 15420
59 CPFR 8345
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11952
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44563
62 Date Code 18545
63 Days of Supply 20026
64 Dead on Arrival 9507
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7435
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8264
67 Detective Control 9063
68 Devanning 14354
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11125
70 Dispatching 24829
71 Distributed Inventory 8476
72 Distribution Channel Management 35158
73 Distribution Metrics 9344
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15431
76 Double Marginalization 53040
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22584
78 Dual 5539
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20771
80 Echelon Inventory 26460
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38465
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50199
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7744
84 Efficient Frontier 25749
85 Engineer-to-Order 31989
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16820
87 Erlang B Formula 9476
88 ETD 8456
89 Ex Works 7942
90 Exception Rate 13685
91 Exponential smoothing 9946
92 External Growth 10241
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11037
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8992
97 Fishbone Diagram 14778
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27355
99 Flow Through Distribution 12488
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8344
 
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