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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 10541
2 3D Loading 6609
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21902
4 5 Point Annual Average 9268
5 5 Whys 22427
6 5S Program 8340
7 ABC Analysis 34563
8 ABC Inventory Control 17387
9 Abnormal Demand 24462
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7737
11 Activity Analysis 11579
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14795
13 Actual Demand 11270
14 Aggregate Planning 12313
15 Air Cargo 10191
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6726
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34969
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15390
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19394
20 Assembly Line 22699
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23088
22 Average Speed of Answer 26633
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23293
24 Batch Production 38611
25 Bill Discounting 14657
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11340
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7227
28 Blanket Release 10106
29 Bonded Warehouse 10141
30 Booking Number 13928
31 Bottleneck 9632
32 Buffer Stock 59532
33 Build to Stock 13099
34 Bullwhip Effect 9776
35 Business Logistics 25922
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12650
37 Capacity Management 40891
38 Capacity Utilization 14216
39 Capital Intensive 8525
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8864
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12225
42 Certified Supplier 9030
43 Channel Effectiveness 9006
44 Co-Destiny 9384
45 Co-managed Inventory 12654
46 Co-Packers 11860
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6963
48 Computer-Based Training 7760
49 Consular Invoice 19942
50 Container Depot 10679
51 Container Freight Station 10336
52 Continuous Replenishment 19655
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12162
54 Contract Carrier 7363
55 Contract of Affreightment 11493
56 Control Charts 8028
57 Cost Flow 10359
58 Courier Service 15354
59 CPFR 8293
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11888
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44369
62 Date Code 18391
63 Days of Supply 19949
64 Dead on Arrival 9430
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7382
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8202
67 Detective Control 8991
68 Devanning 14299
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11057
70 Dispatching 24695
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35008
73 Distribution Metrics 9249
74 Distribution Planning 24309
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15341
76 Double Marginalization 52909
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22496
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20714
80 Echelon Inventory 26320
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38371
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49997
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7690
84 Efficient Frontier 25632
85 Engineer-to-Order 31891
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16680
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8400
89 Ex Works 7890
90 Exception Rate 13606
91 Exponential smoothing 9898
92 External Growth 10173
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9597
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10778
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8895
97 Fishbone Diagram 14699
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27220
99 Flow Through Distribution 12412
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8267
 
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