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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 10506
2 3D Loading 6585
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21869
4 5 Point Annual Average 9241
5 5 Whys 22400
6 5S Program 8310
7 ABC Analysis 34484
8 ABC Inventory Control 17344
9 Abnormal Demand 24431
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7710
11 Activity Analysis 11553
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14715
13 Actual Demand 11253
14 Aggregate Planning 12285
15 Air Cargo 10156
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6694
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34933
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15371
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19360
20 Assembly Line 22609
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23047
22 Average Speed of Answer 26611
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23245
24 Batch Production 38537
25 Bill Discounting 14610
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11307
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7200
28 Blanket Release 10079
29 Bonded Warehouse 10111
30 Booking Number 13884
31 Bottleneck 9591
32 Buffer Stock 59462
33 Build to Stock 13070
34 Bullwhip Effect 9731
35 Business Logistics 25846
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12623
37 Capacity Management 40782
38 Capacity Utilization 14172
39 Capital Intensive 8485
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8821
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12202
42 Certified Supplier 9004
43 Channel Effectiveness 8976
44 Co-Destiny 9351
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11829
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6933
48 Computer-Based Training 7734
49 Consular Invoice 19895
50 Container Depot 10655
51 Container Freight Station 10314
52 Continuous Replenishment 19627
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12135
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11463
56 Control Charts 8005
57 Cost Flow 10334
58 Courier Service 15310
59 CPFR 8272
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11856
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44290
62 Date Code 18331
63 Days of Supply 19915
64 Dead on Arrival 9397
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7353
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8169
67 Detective Control 8959
68 Devanning 14268
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11020
70 Dispatching 24630
71 Distributed Inventory 8407
72 Distribution Channel Management 34916
73 Distribution Metrics 9203
74 Distribution Planning 24269
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15298
76 Double Marginalization 52856
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22458
78 Dual 5473
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20678
80 Echelon Inventory 26272
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38331
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49909
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7666
84 Efficient Frontier 25585
85 Engineer-to-Order 31845
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16628
87 Erlang B Formula 9399
88 ETD 8374
89 Ex Works 7875
90 Exception Rate 13561
91 Exponential smoothing 9870
92 External Growth 10141
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9571
94 Field Services 7777
95 Field Warehouse 10664
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8853
97 Fishbone Diagram 14671
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12373
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8232
 
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