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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 10541
2 3D Loading 6608
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21902
4 5 Point Annual Average 9267
5 5 Whys 22427
6 5S Program 8338
7 ABC Analysis 34560
8 ABC Inventory Control 17385
9 Abnormal Demand 24462
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7737
11 Activity Analysis 11577
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14791
13 Actual Demand 11269
14 Aggregate Planning 12310
15 Air Cargo 10191
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6725
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34968
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15390
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19394
20 Assembly Line 22697
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23085
22 Average Speed of Answer 26631
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23292
24 Batch Production 38610
25 Bill Discounting 14656
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11340
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7227
28 Blanket Release 10106
29 Bonded Warehouse 10141
30 Booking Number 13928
31 Bottleneck 9630
32 Buffer Stock 59528
33 Build to Stock 13096
34 Bullwhip Effect 9775
35 Business Logistics 25914
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12649
37 Capacity Management 40887
38 Capacity Utilization 14215
39 Capital Intensive 8525
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8864
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12224
42 Certified Supplier 9030
43 Channel Effectiveness 9006
44 Co-Destiny 9384
45 Co-managed Inventory 12654
46 Co-Packers 11858
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6961
48 Computer-Based Training 7759
49 Consular Invoice 19939
50 Container Depot 10679
51 Container Freight Station 10335
52 Continuous Replenishment 19654
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12162
54 Contract Carrier 7363
55 Contract of Affreightment 11492
56 Control Charts 8027
57 Cost Flow 10359
58 Courier Service 15351
59 CPFR 8293
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11888
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44367
62 Date Code 18388
63 Days of Supply 19949
64 Dead on Arrival 9430
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7379
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8201
67 Detective Control 8990
68 Devanning 14298
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11056
70 Dispatching 24694
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35003
73 Distribution Metrics 9247
74 Distribution Planning 24307
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15340
76 Double Marginalization 52907
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22494
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20714
80 Echelon Inventory 26319
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38370
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49995
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7689
84 Efficient Frontier 25631
85 Engineer-to-Order 31887
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16678
87 Erlang B Formula 9424
88 ETD 8400
89 Ex Works 7890
90 Exception Rate 13605
91 Exponential smoothing 9896
92 External Growth 10171
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9597
94 Field Services 7795
95 Field Warehouse 10775
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8893
97 Fishbone Diagram 14698
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27218
99 Flow Through Distribution 12410
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8267
 
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