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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 10565
2 3D Loading 6621
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21922
4 5 Point Annual Average 9277
5 5 Whys 22441
6 5S Program 8355
7 ABC Analysis 34607
8 ABC Inventory Control 17406
9 Abnormal Demand 24479
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7753
11 Activity Analysis 11597
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14846
13 Actual Demand 11284
14 Aggregate Planning 12328
15 Air Cargo 10218
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6737
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34991
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15405
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19414
20 Assembly Line 22742
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23116
22 Average Speed of Answer 26648
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23330
24 Batch Production 38664
25 Bill Discounting 14681
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11358
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7236
28 Blanket Release 10123
29 Bonded Warehouse 10156
30 Booking Number 13967
31 Bottleneck 9660
32 Buffer Stock 59577
33 Build to Stock 13112
34 Bullwhip Effect 9802
35 Business Logistics 25968
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12667
37 Capacity Management 40970
38 Capacity Utilization 14238
39 Capital Intensive 8543
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8889
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12244
42 Certified Supplier 9040
43 Channel Effectiveness 9021
44 Co-Destiny 9399
45 Co-managed Inventory 12675
46 Co-Packers 11872
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6980
48 Computer-Based Training 7771
49 Consular Invoice 19962
50 Container Depot 10697
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19670
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12178
54 Contract Carrier 7375
55 Contract of Affreightment 11508
56 Control Charts 8040
57 Cost Flow 10376
58 Courier Service 15373
59 CPFR 8312
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11903
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44420
62 Date Code 18446
63 Days of Supply 19973
64 Dead on Arrival 9455
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7395
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8217
67 Detective Control 9009
68 Devanning 14316
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11074
70 Dispatching 24733
71 Distributed Inventory 8447
72 Distribution Channel Management 35055
73 Distribution Metrics 9269
74 Distribution Planning 24333
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15372
76 Double Marginalization 52952
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22520
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20730
80 Echelon Inventory 26352
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38394
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50056
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7710
84 Efficient Frontier 25662
85 Engineer-to-Order 31916
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16716
87 Erlang B Formula 9441
88 ETD 8414
89 Ex Works 7909
90 Exception Rate 13631
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10192
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9617
94 Field Services 7804
95 Field Warehouse 10853
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8919
97 Fishbone Diagram 14723
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27258
99 Flow Through Distribution 12430
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8286
 
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