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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 10173
2 3D Loading 6419
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21585
4 5 Point Annual Average 9066
5 5 Whys 22215
6 5S Program 8140
7 ABC Analysis 33941
8 ABC Inventory Control 17091
9 Abnormal Demand 24181
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7536
11 Activity Analysis 11342
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14213
13 Actual Demand 11057
14 Aggregate Planning 11992
15 Air Cargo 9904
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6514
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34656
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15239
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19018
20 Assembly Line 21860
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22765
22 Average Speed of Answer 26440
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22844
24 Batch Production 37877
25 Bill Discounting 14282
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10979
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6997
28 Blanket Release 9847
29 Bonded Warehouse 9934
30 Booking Number 13550
31 Bottleneck 9334
32 Buffer Stock 58663
33 Build to Stock 12799
34 Bullwhip Effect 9395
35 Business Logistics 25310
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12406
37 Capacity Management 39939
38 Capacity Utilization 13897
39 Capital Intensive 8216
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8518
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11951
42 Certified Supplier 8868
43 Channel Effectiveness 8827
44 Co-Destiny 9132
45 Co-managed Inventory 12302
46 Co-Packers 11627
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6715
48 Computer-Based Training 7569
49 Consular Invoice 19490
50 Container Depot 10460
51 Container Freight Station 10189
52 Continuous Replenishment 19307
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11919
54 Contract Carrier 7246
55 Contract of Affreightment 11278
56 Control Charts 7836
57 Cost Flow 10145
58 Courier Service 15019
59 CPFR 8087
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11630
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43710
62 Date Code 17948
63 Days of Supply 19627
64 Dead on Arrival 9057
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7171
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7964
67 Detective Control 8769
68 Devanning 14085
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10708
70 Dispatching 24010
71 Distributed Inventory 8233
72 Distribution Channel Management 34351
73 Distribution Metrics 8886
74 Distribution Planning 24018
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14999
76 Double Marginalization 52383
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22115
78 Dual 5344
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20423
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38076
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49209
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7493
84 Efficient Frontier 25191
85 Engineer-to-Order 31464
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16136
87 Erlang B Formula 9200
88 ETD 8183
89 Ex Works 7735
90 Exception Rate 13281
91 Exponential smoothing 9701
92 External Growth 9915
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9293
94 Field Services 7645
95 Field Warehouse 9782
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8572
97 Fishbone Diagram 14447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26737
99 Flow Through Distribution 12151
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8027
 
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