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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 10606
2 3D Loading 6639
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21956
4 5 Point Annual Average 9310
5 5 Whys 22472
6 5S Program 8375
7 ABC Analysis 34696
8 ABC Inventory Control 17449
9 Abnormal Demand 24514
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7785
11 Activity Analysis 11632
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14926
13 Actual Demand 11311
14 Aggregate Planning 12360
15 Air Cargo 10264
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6764
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35034
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15428
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19464
20 Assembly Line 22830
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23149
22 Average Speed of Answer 26682
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23380
24 Batch Production 38754
25 Bill Discounting 14717
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11400
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7269
28 Blanket Release 10152
29 Bonded Warehouse 10184
30 Booking Number 14030
31 Bottleneck 9690
32 Buffer Stock 59649
33 Build to Stock 13142
34 Bullwhip Effect 9847
35 Business Logistics 26024
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12701
37 Capacity Management 41090
38 Capacity Utilization 14284
39 Capital Intensive 8577
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8933
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12281
42 Certified Supplier 9058
43 Channel Effectiveness 9048
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12720
46 Co-Packers 11908
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7008
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20017
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10375
52 Continuous Replenishment 19711
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7393
55 Contract of Affreightment 11544
56 Control Charts 8060
57 Cost Flow 10406
58 Courier Service 15405
59 CPFR 8336
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11937
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44523
62 Date Code 18517
63 Days of Supply 20008
64 Dead on Arrival 9487
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7422
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8247
67 Detective Control 9040
68 Devanning 14344
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11106
70 Dispatching 24793
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35124
73 Distribution Metrics 9318
74 Distribution Planning 24373
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15410
76 Double Marginalization 53011
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22562
78 Dual 5526
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20756
80 Echelon Inventory 26426
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38443
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50154
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7731
84 Efficient Frontier 25722
85 Engineer-to-Order 31966
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16791
87 Erlang B Formula 9467
88 ETD 8442
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13666
91 Exponential smoothing 9935
92 External Growth 10225
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9652
94 Field Services 7826
95 Field Warehouse 10962
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8966
97 Fishbone Diagram 14759
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27318
99 Flow Through Distribution 12469
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8322
 
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