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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 10437
2 3D Loading 6540
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21800
4 5 Point Annual Average 9196
5 5 Whys 22354
6 5S Program 8275
7 ABC Analysis 34349
8 ABC Inventory Control 17276
9 Abnormal Demand 24372
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7672
11 Activity Analysis 11503
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14609
13 Actual Demand 11214
14 Aggregate Planning 12240
15 Air Cargo 10085
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6659
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34876
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15340
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19306
20 Assembly Line 22437
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22986
22 Average Speed of Answer 26572
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23142
24 Batch Production 38400
25 Bill Discounting 14541
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11237
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7159
28 Blanket Release 10026
29 Bonded Warehouse 10070
30 Booking Number 13803
31 Bottleneck 9529
32 Buffer Stock 59278
33 Build to Stock 13025
34 Bullwhip Effect 9683
35 Business Logistics 25751
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12576
37 Capacity Management 40550
38 Capacity Utilization 14116
39 Capital Intensive 8418
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8748
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12142
42 Certified Supplier 8972
43 Channel Effectiveness 8938
44 Co-Destiny 9309
45 Co-managed Inventory 12571
46 Co-Packers 11785
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6886
48 Computer-Based Training 7698
49 Consular Invoice 19801
50 Container Depot 10616
51 Container Freight Station 10284
52 Continuous Replenishment 19568
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12087
54 Contract Carrier 7324
55 Contract of Affreightment 11423
56 Control Charts 7971
57 Cost Flow 10282
58 Courier Service 15248
59 CPFR 8231
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11811
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44176
62 Date Code 18245
63 Days of Supply 19846
64 Dead on Arrival 9334
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7317
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8116
67 Detective Control 8918
68 Devanning 14220
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10969
70 Dispatching 24534
71 Distributed Inventory 8362
72 Distribution Channel Management 34765
73 Distribution Metrics 9127
74 Distribution Planning 24207
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15222
76 Double Marginalization 52761
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22391
78 Dual 5447
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20622
80 Echelon Inventory 26218
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38284
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49754
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7622
84 Efficient Frontier 25496
85 Engineer-to-Order 31763
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16534
87 Erlang B Formula 9352
88 ETD 8340
89 Ex Works 7841
90 Exception Rate 13502
91 Exponential smoothing 9836
92 External Growth 10083
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9528
94 Field Services 7747
95 Field Warehouse 10487
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8774
97 Fishbone Diagram 14617
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27048
99 Flow Through Distribution 12318
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8186
 
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