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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 10516
2 3D Loading 6589
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21875
4 5 Point Annual Average 9247
5 5 Whys 22407
6 5S Program 8320
7 ABC Analysis 34505
8 ABC Inventory Control 17356
9 Abnormal Demand 24438
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7714
11 Activity Analysis 11560
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14733
13 Actual Demand 11259
14 Aggregate Planning 12293
15 Air Cargo 10167
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6702
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34947
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15377
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19366
20 Assembly Line 22634
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23056
22 Average Speed of Answer 26616
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23254
24 Batch Production 38554
25 Bill Discounting 14617
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11315
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7208
28 Blanket Release 10086
29 Bonded Warehouse 10117
30 Booking Number 13894
31 Bottleneck 9600
32 Buffer Stock 59480
33 Build to Stock 13073
34 Bullwhip Effect 9743
35 Business Logistics 25864
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12629
37 Capacity Management 40807
38 Capacity Utilization 14181
39 Capital Intensive 8497
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8830
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12206
42 Certified Supplier 9012
43 Channel Effectiveness 8983
44 Co-Destiny 9359
45 Co-managed Inventory 12629
46 Co-Packers 11835
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6940
48 Computer-Based Training 7743
49 Consular Invoice 19906
50 Container Depot 10661
51 Container Freight Station 10320
52 Continuous Replenishment 19631
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12140
54 Contract Carrier 7352
55 Contract of Affreightment 11469
56 Control Charts 8013
57 Cost Flow 10341
58 Courier Service 15314
59 CPFR 8275
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11867
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44309
62 Date Code 18341
63 Days of Supply 19924
64 Dead on Arrival 9407
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7359
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8176
67 Detective Control 8969
68 Devanning 14275
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11029
70 Dispatching 24648
71 Distributed Inventory 8412
72 Distribution Channel Management 34938
73 Distribution Metrics 9212
74 Distribution Planning 24278
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15309
76 Double Marginalization 52869
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22468
78 Dual 5481
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20688
80 Echelon Inventory 26286
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38338
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49930
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7671
84 Efficient Frontier 25589
85 Engineer-to-Order 31858
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16642
87 Erlang B Formula 9404
88 ETD 8382
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13573
91 Exponential smoothing 9875
92 External Growth 10150
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9575
94 Field Services 7785
95 Field Warehouse 10700
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8862
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27175
99 Flow Through Distribution 12383
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8244
 
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