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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 10589
2 3D Loading 6632
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21937
4 5 Point Annual Average 9292
5 5 Whys 22460
6 5S Program 8366
7 ABC Analysis 34649
8 ABC Inventory Control 17427
9 Abnormal Demand 24495
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7767
11 Activity Analysis 11614
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14892
13 Actual Demand 11297
14 Aggregate Planning 12343
15 Air Cargo 10243
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6749
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35008
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15421
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19436
20 Assembly Line 22788
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23133
22 Average Speed of Answer 26663
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23351
24 Batch Production 38715
25 Bill Discounting 14696
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11380
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7249
28 Blanket Release 10139
29 Bonded Warehouse 10169
30 Booking Number 13993
31 Bottleneck 9677
32 Buffer Stock 59616
33 Build to Stock 13127
34 Bullwhip Effect 9819
35 Business Logistics 26001
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41040
38 Capacity Utilization 14263
39 Capital Intensive 8561
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8913
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12261
42 Certified Supplier 9051
43 Channel Effectiveness 9032
44 Co-Destiny 9415
45 Co-managed Inventory 12697
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6995
48 Computer-Based Training 7782
49 Consular Invoice 19983
50 Container Depot 10705
51 Container Freight Station 10360
52 Continuous Replenishment 19693
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12194
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11525
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15389
59 CPFR 8320
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11916
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44469
62 Date Code 18498
63 Days of Supply 19990
64 Dead on Arrival 9473
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7407
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8232
67 Detective Control 9023
68 Devanning 14327
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11089
70 Dispatching 24765
71 Distributed Inventory 8456
72 Distribution Channel Management 35091
73 Distribution Metrics 9291
74 Distribution Planning 24356
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15392
76 Double Marginalization 52981
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22538
78 Dual 5510
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26389
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38418
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50106
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25692
85 Engineer-to-Order 31943
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16757
87 Erlang B Formula 9457
88 ETD 8428
89 Ex Works 7920
90 Exception Rate 13651
91 Exponential smoothing 9923
92 External Growth 10203
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7814
95 Field Warehouse 10911
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8943
97 Fishbone Diagram 14737
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27286
99 Flow Through Distribution 12450
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8304
 
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