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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 10616
2 3D Loading 6647
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21966
4 5 Point Annual Average 9320
5 5 Whys 22486
6 5S Program 8381
7 ABC Analysis 34730
8 ABC Inventory Control 17460
9 Abnormal Demand 24527
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7794
11 Activity Analysis 11645
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14957
13 Actual Demand 11319
14 Aggregate Planning 12373
15 Air Cargo 10276
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6772
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35049
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15432
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19483
20 Assembly Line 22861
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23163
22 Average Speed of Answer 26691
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23403
24 Batch Production 38788
25 Bill Discounting 14732
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11416
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7278
28 Blanket Release 10163
29 Bonded Warehouse 10197
30 Booking Number 14048
31 Bottleneck 9705
32 Buffer Stock 59676
33 Build to Stock 13151
34 Bullwhip Effect 9865
35 Business Logistics 26045
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12710
37 Capacity Management 41146
38 Capacity Utilization 14307
39 Capital Intensive 8587
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8947
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12295
42 Certified Supplier 9062
43 Channel Effectiveness 9056
44 Co-Destiny 9437
45 Co-managed Inventory 12732
46 Co-Packers 11917
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7019
48 Computer-Based Training 7803
49 Consular Invoice 20040
50 Container Depot 10732
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19725
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12213
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11551
56 Control Charts 8065
57 Cost Flow 10419
58 Courier Service 15416
59 CPFR 8341
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11948
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44556
62 Date Code 18540
63 Days of Supply 20022
64 Dead on Arrival 9502
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7432
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8257
67 Detective Control 9059
68 Devanning 14351
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11121
70 Dispatching 24822
71 Distributed Inventory 8472
72 Distribution Channel Management 35153
73 Distribution Metrics 9333
74 Distribution Planning 24389
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15421
76 Double Marginalization 53029
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22577
78 Dual 5535
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20769
80 Echelon Inventory 26452
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38459
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50190
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7738
84 Efficient Frontier 25739
85 Engineer-to-Order 31985
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16811
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8453
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13680
91 Exponential smoothing 9942
92 External Growth 10238
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9667
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11020
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8988
97 Fishbone Diagram 14769
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27349
99 Flow Through Distribution 12483
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8338
 
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