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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 10283
2 3D Loading 6490
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21716
4 5 Point Annual Average 9143
5 5 Whys 22286
6 5S Program 8224
7 ABC Analysis 34183
8 ABC Inventory Control 17198
9 Abnormal Demand 24293
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7618
11 Activity Analysis 11434
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14434
13 Actual Demand 11155
14 Aggregate Planning 12081
15 Air Cargo 10013
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6596
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34780
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15299
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19128
20 Assembly Line 22203
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22905
22 Average Speed of Answer 26513
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23013
24 Batch Production 38210
25 Bill Discounting 14432
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11130
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7094
28 Blanket Release 9954
29 Bonded Warehouse 10018
30 Booking Number 13698
31 Bottleneck 9443
32 Buffer Stock 59059
33 Build to Stock 12878
34 Bullwhip Effect 9509
35 Business Logistics 25519
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12510
37 Capacity Management 40297
38 Capacity Utilization 14022
39 Capital Intensive 8337
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8647
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12057
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8884
44 Co-Destiny 9235
45 Co-managed Inventory 12405
46 Co-Packers 11712
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6802
48 Computer-Based Training 7646
49 Consular Invoice 19663
50 Container Depot 10558
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19408
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12016
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11358
56 Control Charts 7913
57 Cost Flow 10215
58 Courier Service 15157
59 CPFR 8170
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11730
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43995
62 Date Code 18126
63 Days of Supply 19752
64 Dead on Arrival 9175
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7258
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8053
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14165
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10813
70 Dispatching 24349
71 Distributed Inventory 8303
72 Distribution Channel Management 34577
73 Distribution Metrics 9029
74 Distribution Planning 24130
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15138
76 Double Marginalization 52553
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22223
78 Dual 5403
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20533
80 Echelon Inventory 26110
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38194
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49508
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7565
84 Efficient Frontier 25366
85 Engineer-to-Order 31637
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16324
87 Erlang B Formula 9298
88 ETD 8277
89 Ex Works 7793
90 Exception Rate 13411
91 Exponential smoothing 9779
92 External Growth 10013
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10203
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8697
97 Fishbone Diagram 14547
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26910
99 Flow Through Distribution 12252
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
 
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