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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 10560
2 3D Loading 6617
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21919
4 5 Point Annual Average 9275
5 5 Whys 22437
6 5S Program 8351
7 ABC Analysis 34604
8 ABC Inventory Control 17402
9 Abnormal Demand 24478
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7749
11 Activity Analysis 11594
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14843
13 Actual Demand 11281
14 Aggregate Planning 12325
15 Air Cargo 10217
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6735
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34988
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15402
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19408
20 Assembly Line 22739
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23111
22 Average Speed of Answer 26646
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23320
24 Batch Production 38660
25 Bill Discounting 14679
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11355
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7235
28 Blanket Release 10122
29 Bonded Warehouse 10152
30 Booking Number 13962
31 Bottleneck 9654
32 Buffer Stock 59573
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9797
35 Business Logistics 25963
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12664
37 Capacity Management 40959
38 Capacity Utilization 14233
39 Capital Intensive 8541
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8883
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12242
42 Certified Supplier 9038
43 Channel Effectiveness 9017
44 Co-Destiny 9397
45 Co-managed Inventory 12672
46 Co-Packers 11869
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6979
48 Computer-Based Training 7768
49 Consular Invoice 19960
50 Container Depot 10692
51 Container Freight Station 10347
52 Continuous Replenishment 19666
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12176
54 Contract Carrier 7374
55 Contract of Affreightment 11506
56 Control Charts 8036
57 Cost Flow 10373
58 Courier Service 15366
59 CPFR 8308
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11901
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44414
62 Date Code 18434
63 Days of Supply 19969
64 Dead on Arrival 9451
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7393
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8213
67 Detective Control 9008
68 Devanning 14314
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11070
70 Dispatching 24726
71 Distributed Inventory 8442
72 Distribution Channel Management 35049
73 Distribution Metrics 9265
74 Distribution Planning 24329
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15365
76 Double Marginalization 52947
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22515
78 Dual 5501
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20728
80 Echelon Inventory 26350
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38390
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50050
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7703
84 Efficient Frontier 25659
85 Engineer-to-Order 31912
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16712
87 Erlang B Formula 9438
88 ETD 8412
89 Ex Works 7904
90 Exception Rate 13627
91 Exponential smoothing 9912
92 External Growth 10189
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9614
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10841
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8915
97 Fishbone Diagram 14717
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27251
99 Flow Through Distribution 12427
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8283
 
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