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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 10520
2 3D Loading 6591
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21880
4 5 Point Annual Average 9250
5 5 Whys 22409
6 5S Program 8324
7 ABC Analysis 34520
8 ABC Inventory Control 17363
9 Abnormal Demand 24443
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7720
11 Activity Analysis 11562
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14749
13 Actual Demand 11263
14 Aggregate Planning 12294
15 Air Cargo 10171
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6704
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34951
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15379
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19373
20 Assembly Line 22646
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23059
22 Average Speed of Answer 26619
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23263
24 Batch Production 38565
25 Bill Discounting 14624
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11320
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7211
28 Blanket Release 10090
29 Bonded Warehouse 10122
30 Booking Number 13900
31 Bottleneck 9602
32 Buffer Stock 59493
33 Build to Stock 13078
34 Bullwhip Effect 9749
35 Business Logistics 25875
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12632
37 Capacity Management 40829
38 Capacity Utilization 14189
39 Capital Intensive 8500
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8837
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12208
42 Certified Supplier 9013
43 Channel Effectiveness 8985
44 Co-Destiny 9364
45 Co-managed Inventory 12632
46 Co-Packers 11839
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6946
48 Computer-Based Training 7744
49 Consular Invoice 19912
50 Container Depot 10663
51 Container Freight Station 10322
52 Continuous Replenishment 19636
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12143
54 Contract Carrier 7354
55 Contract of Affreightment 11474
56 Control Charts 8015
57 Cost Flow 10343
58 Courier Service 15321
59 CPFR 8277
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11870
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44323
62 Date Code 18351
63 Days of Supply 19927
64 Dead on Arrival 9409
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7363
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8180
67 Detective Control 8972
68 Devanning 14277
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11034
70 Dispatching 24660
71 Distributed Inventory 8414
72 Distribution Channel Management 34951
73 Distribution Metrics 9217
74 Distribution Planning 24284
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15316
76 Double Marginalization 52877
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22473
78 Dual 5484
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20692
80 Echelon Inventory 26291
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38343
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49944
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7672
84 Efficient Frontier 25597
85 Engineer-to-Order 31860
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16648
87 Erlang B Formula 9407
88 ETD 8386
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13578
91 Exponential smoothing 9879
92 External Growth 10152
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9580
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10708
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8868
97 Fishbone Diagram 14680
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27188
99 Flow Through Distribution 12387
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8246
 
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