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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 10528
2 3D Loading 6597
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21890
4 5 Point Annual Average 9254
5 5 Whys 22416
6 5S Program 8328
7 ABC Analysis 34538
8 ABC Inventory Control 17375
9 Abnormal Demand 24453
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7728
11 Activity Analysis 11570
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14770
13 Actual Demand 11265
14 Aggregate Planning 12299
15 Air Cargo 10180
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6712
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34957
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15383
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19383
20 Assembly Line 22673
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23072
22 Average Speed of Answer 26625
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23276
24 Batch Production 38585
25 Bill Discounting 14639
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11326
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7218
28 Blanket Release 10096
29 Bonded Warehouse 10129
30 Booking Number 13909
31 Bottleneck 9614
32 Buffer Stock 59513
33 Build to Stock 13086
34 Bullwhip Effect 9762
35 Business Logistics 25894
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12642
37 Capacity Management 40855
38 Capacity Utilization 14200
39 Capital Intensive 8509
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8853
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12217
42 Certified Supplier 9019
43 Channel Effectiveness 8994
44 Co-Destiny 9372
45 Co-managed Inventory 12646
46 Co-Packers 11848
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6951
48 Computer-Based Training 7751
49 Consular Invoice 19924
50 Container Depot 10669
51 Container Freight Station 10328
52 Continuous Replenishment 19643
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12150
54 Contract Carrier 7359
55 Contract of Affreightment 11481
56 Control Charts 8019
57 Cost Flow 10349
58 Courier Service 15337
59 CPFR 8283
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11878
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44343
62 Date Code 18364
63 Days of Supply 19936
64 Dead on Arrival 9419
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7373
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8189
67 Detective Control 8979
68 Devanning 14287
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11045
70 Dispatching 24675
71 Distributed Inventory 8422
72 Distribution Channel Management 34973
73 Distribution Metrics 9229
74 Distribution Planning 24295
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15324
76 Double Marginalization 52889
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22481
78 Dual 5486
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20699
80 Echelon Inventory 26300
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38354
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49968
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7679
84 Efficient Frontier 25611
85 Engineer-to-Order 31873
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16664
87 Erlang B Formula 9414
88 ETD 8390
89 Ex Works 7884
90 Exception Rate 13589
91 Exponential smoothing 9887
92 External Growth 10163
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9586
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10733
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8877
97 Fishbone Diagram 14688
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27199
99 Flow Through Distribution 12397
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8253
 
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