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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 10450
2 3D Loading 6546
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21807
4 5 Point Annual Average 9201
5 5 Whys 22360
6 5S Program 8281
7 ABC Analysis 34371
8 ABC Inventory Control 17286
9 Abnormal Demand 24383
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7678
11 Activity Analysis 11507
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14625
13 Actual Demand 11224
14 Aggregate Planning 12252
15 Air Cargo 10094
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6668
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34888
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15345
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19316
20 Assembly Line 22467
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22996
22 Average Speed of Answer 26575
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23162
24 Batch Production 38418
25 Bill Discounting 14552
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11244
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7165
28 Blanket Release 10036
29 Bonded Warehouse 10080
30 Booking Number 13812
31 Bottleneck 9538
32 Buffer Stock 59313
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9690
35 Business Logistics 25767
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12585
37 Capacity Management 40590
38 Capacity Utilization 14126
39 Capital Intensive 8429
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8761
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12150
42 Certified Supplier 8977
43 Channel Effectiveness 8944
44 Co-Destiny 9316
45 Co-managed Inventory 12578
46 Co-Packers 11794
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6895
48 Computer-Based Training 7703
49 Consular Invoice 19817
50 Container Depot 10624
51 Container Freight Station 10291
52 Continuous Replenishment 19581
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12095
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11432
56 Control Charts 7976
57 Cost Flow 10288
58 Courier Service 15260
59 CPFR 8239
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11817
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44199
62 Date Code 18259
63 Days of Supply 19857
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7324
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8126
67 Detective Control 8924
68 Devanning 14224
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10980
70 Dispatching 24547
71 Distributed Inventory 8370
72 Distribution Channel Management 34785
73 Distribution Metrics 9134
74 Distribution Planning 24221
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15236
76 Double Marginalization 52775
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22401
78 Dual 5452
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20629
80 Echelon Inventory 26232
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49781
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7630
84 Efficient Frontier 25510
85 Engineer-to-Order 31777
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16549
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8344
89 Ex Works 7847
90 Exception Rate 13510
91 Exponential smoothing 9842
92 External Growth 10091
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9532
94 Field Services 7752
95 Field Warehouse 10527
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8784
97 Fishbone Diagram 14625
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27066
99 Flow Through Distribution 12328
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8195
 
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