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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 10492
2 3D Loading 6573
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21852
4 5 Point Annual Average 9232
5 5 Whys 22393
6 5S Program 8304
7 ABC Analysis 34461
8 ABC Inventory Control 17326
9 Abnormal Demand 24419
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7701
11 Activity Analysis 11549
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14694
13 Actual Demand 11248
14 Aggregate Planning 12279
15 Air Cargo 10141
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6688
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34925
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15368
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19351
20 Assembly Line 22583
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23038
22 Average Speed of Answer 26603
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23226
24 Batch Production 38511
25 Bill Discounting 14603
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11297
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7191
28 Blanket Release 10073
29 Bonded Warehouse 10103
30 Booking Number 13868
31 Bottleneck 9577
32 Buffer Stock 59445
33 Build to Stock 13062
34 Bullwhip Effect 9718
35 Business Logistics 25833
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12612
37 Capacity Management 40740
38 Capacity Utilization 14164
39 Capital Intensive 8474
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8808
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12189
42 Certified Supplier 9000
43 Channel Effectiveness 8969
44 Co-Destiny 9340
45 Co-managed Inventory 12615
46 Co-Packers 11820
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6925
48 Computer-Based Training 7725
49 Consular Invoice 19877
50 Container Depot 10645
51 Container Freight Station 10308
52 Continuous Replenishment 19619
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12127
54 Contract Carrier 7348
55 Contract of Affreightment 11456
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10320
58 Courier Service 15298
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11846
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44275
62 Date Code 18316
63 Days of Supply 19902
64 Dead on Arrival 9385
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8157
67 Detective Control 8950
68 Devanning 14260
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11010
70 Dispatching 24612
71 Distributed Inventory 8399
72 Distribution Channel Management 34887
73 Distribution Metrics 9188
74 Distribution Planning 24254
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15285
76 Double Marginalization 52842
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22449
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20665
80 Echelon Inventory 26261
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38318
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49877
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7657
84 Efficient Frontier 25574
85 Engineer-to-Order 31837
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16611
87 Erlang B Formula 9389
88 ETD 8367
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13549
91 Exponential smoothing 9862
92 External Growth 10129
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9563
94 Field Services 7770
95 Field Warehouse 10631
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8840
97 Fishbone Diagram 14660
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27143
99 Flow Through Distribution 12363
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8222
 
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