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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 10556
2 3D Loading 6614
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21914
4 5 Point Annual Average 9274
5 5 Whys 22434
6 5S Program 8347
7 ABC Analysis 34589
8 ABC Inventory Control 17399
9 Abnormal Demand 24474
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7746
11 Activity Analysis 11592
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14824
13 Actual Demand 11277
14 Aggregate Planning 12322
15 Air Cargo 10209
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6733
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34984
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15398
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19404
20 Assembly Line 22728
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23105
22 Average Speed of Answer 26640
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23309
24 Batch Production 38643
25 Bill Discounting 14671
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11352
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7234
28 Blanket Release 10118
29 Bonded Warehouse 10149
30 Booking Number 13953
31 Bottleneck 9647
32 Buffer Stock 59560
33 Build to Stock 13108
34 Bullwhip Effect 9791
35 Business Logistics 25955
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12658
37 Capacity Management 40941
38 Capacity Utilization 14229
39 Capital Intensive 8534
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8881
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12236
42 Certified Supplier 9037
43 Channel Effectiveness 9013
44 Co-Destiny 9392
45 Co-managed Inventory 12667
46 Co-Packers 11867
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6973
48 Computer-Based Training 7765
49 Consular Invoice 19953
50 Container Depot 10688
51 Container Freight Station 10343
52 Continuous Replenishment 19663
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12173
54 Contract Carrier 7370
55 Contract of Affreightment 11500
56 Control Charts 8035
57 Cost Flow 10369
58 Courier Service 15364
59 CPFR 8304
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11900
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44406
62 Date Code 18425
63 Days of Supply 19964
64 Dead on Arrival 9447
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7387
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8210
67 Detective Control 9002
68 Devanning 14310
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11066
70 Dispatching 24718
71 Distributed Inventory 8438
72 Distribution Channel Management 35038
73 Distribution Metrics 9260
74 Distribution Planning 24326
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15359
76 Double Marginalization 52941
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22507
78 Dual 5497
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20723
80 Echelon Inventory 26342
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38384
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50038
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7697
84 Efficient Frontier 25649
85 Engineer-to-Order 31909
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16702
87 Erlang B Formula 9433
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7901
90 Exception Rate 13620
91 Exponential smoothing 9907
92 External Growth 10183
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9609
94 Field Services 7800
95 Field Warehouse 10824
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8908
97 Fishbone Diagram 14710
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27243
99 Flow Through Distribution 12423
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8279
 
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