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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 10258
2 3D Loading 6473
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21678
4 5 Point Annual Average 9124
5 5 Whys 22269
6 5S Program 8207
7 ABC Analysis 34116
8 ABC Inventory Control 17174
9 Abnormal Demand 24267
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7599
11 Activity Analysis 11410
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14382
13 Actual Demand 11131
14 Aggregate Planning 12060
15 Air Cargo 9989
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6574
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34742
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15288
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19098
20 Assembly Line 22116
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22868
22 Average Speed of Answer 26494
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22965
24 Batch Production 38124
25 Bill Discounting 14389
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11104
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7070
28 Blanket Release 9929
29 Bonded Warehouse 9995
30 Booking Number 13661
31 Bottleneck 9418
32 Buffer Stock 58957
33 Build to Stock 12858
34 Bullwhip Effect 9482
35 Business Logistics 25468
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12481
37 Capacity Management 40199
38 Capacity Utilization 13986
39 Capital Intensive 8304
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8616
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12028
42 Certified Supplier 8915
43 Channel Effectiveness 8869
44 Co-Destiny 9206
45 Co-managed Inventory 12379
46 Co-Packers 11690
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6783
48 Computer-Based Training 7626
49 Consular Invoice 19614
50 Container Depot 10536
51 Container Freight Station 10224
52 Continuous Replenishment 19384
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11991
54 Contract Carrier 7284
55 Contract of Affreightment 11337
56 Control Charts 7895
57 Cost Flow 10194
58 Courier Service 15116
59 CPFR 8149
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11704
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43927
62 Date Code 18082
63 Days of Supply 19717
64 Dead on Arrival 9137
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7237
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8026
67 Detective Control 8842
68 Devanning 14142
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10784
70 Dispatching 24276
71 Distributed Inventory 8288
72 Distribution Channel Management 34521
73 Distribution Metrics 8994
74 Distribution Planning 24099
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15105
76 Double Marginalization 52507
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22194
78 Dual 5385
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20506
80 Echelon Inventory 26072
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38166
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49445
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7545
84 Efficient Frontier 25316
85 Engineer-to-Order 31594
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16275
87 Erlang B Formula 9271
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7781
90 Exception Rate 13379
91 Exponential smoothing 9763
92 External Growth 9988
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10070
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8669
97 Fishbone Diagram 14520
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26866
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8090
 
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