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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 10217
2 3D Loading 6443
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21638
4 5 Point Annual Average 9096
5 5 Whys 22241
6 5S Program 8173
7 ABC Analysis 34036
8 ABC Inventory Control 17132
9 Abnormal Demand 24221
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7567
11 Activity Analysis 11380
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14295
13 Actual Demand 11088
14 Aggregate Planning 12028
15 Air Cargo 9946
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6547
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34701
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15264
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19059
20 Assembly Line 21997
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22818
22 Average Speed of Answer 26466
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22904
24 Batch Production 37997
25 Bill Discounting 14334
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11045
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7038
28 Blanket Release 9895
29 Bonded Warehouse 9965
30 Booking Number 13612
31 Bottleneck 9375
32 Buffer Stock 58798
33 Build to Stock 12826
34 Bullwhip Effect 9438
35 Business Logistics 25384
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12448
37 Capacity Management 40076
38 Capacity Utilization 13941
39 Capital Intensive 8263
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8568
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11991
42 Certified Supplier 8892
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9171
45 Co-managed Inventory 12341
46 Co-Packers 11659
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6749
48 Computer-Based Training 7596
49 Consular Invoice 19549
50 Container Depot 10507
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19348
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11953
54 Contract Carrier 7263
55 Contract of Affreightment 11306
56 Control Charts 7868
57 Cost Flow 10171
58 Courier Service 15071
59 CPFR 8120
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11668
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43811
62 Date Code 18029
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9093
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7208
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7996
67 Detective Control 8806
68 Devanning 14115
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10744
70 Dispatching 24157
71 Distributed Inventory 8260
72 Distribution Channel Management 34436
73 Distribution Metrics 8939
74 Distribution Planning 24061
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15054
76 Double Marginalization 52440
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22156
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20464
80 Echelon Inventory 26015
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38124
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49329
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7517
84 Efficient Frontier 25261
85 Engineer-to-Order 31530
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16216
87 Erlang B Formula 9238
88 ETD 8223
89 Ex Works 7758
90 Exception Rate 13326
91 Exponential smoothing 9736
92 External Growth 9952
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9330
94 Field Services 7667
95 Field Warehouse 9878
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8624
97 Fishbone Diagram 14487
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26805
99 Flow Through Distribution 12190
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8058
 
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