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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 10263
2 3D Loading 6476
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21685
4 5 Point Annual Average 9128
5 5 Whys 22274
6 5S Program 8209
7 ABC Analysis 34127
8 ABC Inventory Control 17179
9 Abnormal Demand 24275
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7607
11 Activity Analysis 11414
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14389
13 Actual Demand 11135
14 Aggregate Planning 12066
15 Air Cargo 9994
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6578
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34749
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15290
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19105
20 Assembly Line 22132
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22873
22 Average Speed of Answer 26499
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22975
24 Batch Production 38138
25 Bill Discounting 14396
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11112
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7074
28 Blanket Release 9933
29 Bonded Warehouse 9999
30 Booking Number 13666
31 Bottleneck 9426
32 Buffer Stock 58974
33 Build to Stock 12861
34 Bullwhip Effect 9487
35 Business Logistics 25477
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12489
37 Capacity Management 40215
38 Capacity Utilization 13994
39 Capital Intensive 8312
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8622
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12037
42 Certified Supplier 8917
43 Channel Effectiveness 8872
44 Co-Destiny 9211
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6785
48 Computer-Based Training 7629
49 Consular Invoice 19622
50 Container Depot 10541
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19388
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11996
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11339
56 Control Charts 7899
57 Cost Flow 10196
58 Courier Service 15122
59 CPFR 8152
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11709
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43940
62 Date Code 18090
63 Days of Supply 19722
64 Dead on Arrival 9144
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7238
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8031
67 Detective Control 8845
68 Devanning 14149
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10790
70 Dispatching 24293
71 Distributed Inventory 8293
72 Distribution Channel Management 34528
73 Distribution Metrics 9002
74 Distribution Planning 24105
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15108
76 Double Marginalization 52514
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22198
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20512
80 Echelon Inventory 26079
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49454
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7551
84 Efficient Frontier 25324
85 Engineer-to-Order 31604
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16283
87 Erlang B Formula 9275
88 ETD 8264
89 Ex Works 7784
90 Exception Rate 13386
91 Exponential smoothing 9766
92 External Growth 9991
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7695
95 Field Warehouse 10093
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8677
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26875
99 Flow Through Distribution 12233
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8093
 
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