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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 10570
2 3D Loading 6623
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21926
4 5 Point Annual Average 9279
5 5 Whys 22443
6 5S Program 8357
7 ABC Analysis 34609
8 ABC Inventory Control 17408
9 Abnormal Demand 24483
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7756
11 Activity Analysis 11601
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14850
13 Actual Demand 11285
14 Aggregate Planning 12329
15 Air Cargo 10223
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6739
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34993
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15405
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19417
20 Assembly Line 22752
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23117
22 Average Speed of Answer 26649
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23334
24 Batch Production 38669
25 Bill Discounting 14682
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11360
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7237
28 Blanket Release 10125
29 Bonded Warehouse 10158
30 Booking Number 13971
31 Bottleneck 9662
32 Buffer Stock 59582
33 Build to Stock 13113
34 Bullwhip Effect 9803
35 Business Logistics 25973
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12670
37 Capacity Management 40976
38 Capacity Utilization 14241
39 Capital Intensive 8546
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8893
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12248
42 Certified Supplier 9041
43 Channel Effectiveness 9023
44 Co-Destiny 9402
45 Co-managed Inventory 12676
46 Co-Packers 11875
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6980
48 Computer-Based Training 7772
49 Consular Invoice 19968
50 Container Depot 10699
51 Container Freight Station 10349
52 Continuous Replenishment 19676
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12182
54 Contract Carrier 7375
55 Contract of Affreightment 11509
56 Control Charts 8043
57 Cost Flow 10378
58 Courier Service 15376
59 CPFR 8313
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11907
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44425
62 Date Code 18457
63 Days of Supply 19975
64 Dead on Arrival 9459
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7395
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8218
67 Detective Control 9010
68 Devanning 14318
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11075
70 Dispatching 24735
71 Distributed Inventory 8448
72 Distribution Channel Management 35060
73 Distribution Metrics 9271
74 Distribution Planning 24336
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15375
76 Double Marginalization 52956
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22522
78 Dual 5504
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20732
80 Echelon Inventory 26356
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38397
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50061
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7710
84 Efficient Frontier 25665
85 Engineer-to-Order 31920
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16722
87 Erlang B Formula 9444
88 ETD 8414
89 Ex Works 7910
90 Exception Rate 13634
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10193
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9618
94 Field Services 7805
95 Field Warehouse 10861
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8922
97 Fishbone Diagram 14726
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27265
99 Flow Through Distribution 12432
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8288
 
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