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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 10179
2 3D Loading 6421
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21590
4 5 Point Annual Average 9071
5 5 Whys 22219
6 5S Program 8147
7 ABC Analysis 33954
8 ABC Inventory Control 17094
9 Abnormal Demand 24186
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7540
11 Activity Analysis 11345
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14223
13 Actual Demand 11061
14 Aggregate Planning 11997
15 Air Cargo 9911
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6520
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34662
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15240
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19022
20 Assembly Line 21872
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22772
22 Average Speed of Answer 26442
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22850
24 Batch Production 37890
25 Bill Discounting 14286
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10983
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7000
28 Blanket Release 9852
29 Bonded Warehouse 9941
30 Booking Number 13561
31 Bottleneck 9339
32 Buffer Stock 58674
33 Build to Stock 12802
34 Bullwhip Effect 9402
35 Business Logistics 25317
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12410
37 Capacity Management 39956
38 Capacity Utilization 13902
39 Capital Intensive 8217
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8525
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11956
42 Certified Supplier 8870
43 Channel Effectiveness 8829
44 Co-Destiny 9135
45 Co-managed Inventory 12303
46 Co-Packers 11630
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6722
48 Computer-Based Training 7571
49 Consular Invoice 19495
50 Container Depot 10465
51 Container Freight Station 10193
52 Continuous Replenishment 19310
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11923
54 Contract Carrier 7247
55 Contract of Affreightment 11281
56 Control Charts 7837
57 Cost Flow 10148
58 Courier Service 15022
59 CPFR 8090
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11632
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43720
62 Date Code 17960
63 Days of Supply 19633
64 Dead on Arrival 9060
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7174
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7966
67 Detective Control 8775
68 Devanning 14087
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10711
70 Dispatching 24020
71 Distributed Inventory 8239
72 Distribution Channel Management 34362
73 Distribution Metrics 8893
74 Distribution Planning 24024
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15004
76 Double Marginalization 52390
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22121
78 Dual 5347
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20426
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38084
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49220
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7495
84 Efficient Frontier 25197
85 Engineer-to-Order 31474
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16144
87 Erlang B Formula 9206
88 ETD 8188
89 Ex Works 7739
90 Exception Rate 13287
91 Exponential smoothing 9712
92 External Growth 9919
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9296
94 Field Services 7647
95 Field Warehouse 9789
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8579
97 Fishbone Diagram 14449
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26746
99 Flow Through Distribution 12154
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8032
 
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