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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 10660
2 3D Loading 6676
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22020
4 5 Point Annual Average 9365
5 5 Whys 22521
6 5S Program 8412
7 ABC Analysis 34806
8 ABC Inventory Control 17527
9 Abnormal Demand 24573
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7836
11 Activity Analysis 11683
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15069
13 Actual Demand 11358
14 Aggregate Planning 12421
15 Air Cargo 10330
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6802
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35099
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15468
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19534
20 Assembly Line 23009
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23204
22 Average Speed of Answer 26732
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23476
24 Batch Production 38876
25 Bill Discounting 14791
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11482
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7322
28 Blanket Release 10203
29 Bonded Warehouse 10236
30 Booking Number 14126
31 Bottleneck 9743
32 Buffer Stock 59770
33 Build to Stock 13199
34 Bullwhip Effect 9915
35 Business Logistics 26122
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12750
37 Capacity Management 41366
38 Capacity Utilization 14370
39 Capital Intensive 8641
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9008
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12338
42 Certified Supplier 9096
43 Channel Effectiveness 9095
44 Co-Destiny 9475
45 Co-managed Inventory 12776
46 Co-Packers 11948
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7076
48 Computer-Based Training 7832
49 Consular Invoice 20094
50 Container Depot 10767
51 Container Freight Station 10410
52 Continuous Replenishment 19765
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12249
54 Contract Carrier 7419
55 Contract of Affreightment 11594
56 Control Charts 8116
57 Cost Flow 10455
58 Courier Service 15458
59 CPFR 8378
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11989
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44691
62 Date Code 18626
63 Days of Supply 20071
64 Dead on Arrival 9551
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7461
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8298
67 Detective Control 9101
68 Devanning 14395
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11162
70 Dispatching 24907
71 Distributed Inventory 8504
72 Distribution Channel Management 35257
73 Distribution Metrics 9391
74 Distribution Planning 24450
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15470
76 Double Marginalization 53104
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22631
78 Dual 5564
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20808
80 Echelon Inventory 26517
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38528
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50326
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7774
84 Efficient Frontier 25812
85 Engineer-to-Order 32050
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16886
87 Erlang B Formula 9501
88 ETD 8491
89 Ex Works 7963
90 Exception Rate 13731
91 Exponential smoothing 9971
92 External Growth 10273
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9723
94 Field Services 7865
95 Field Warehouse 11219
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9051
97 Fishbone Diagram 14816
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27432
99 Flow Through Distribution 12526
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8383
 
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