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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 10375
2 3D Loading 6523
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21769
4 5 Point Annual Average 9180
5 5 Whys 22329
6 5S Program 8259
7 ABC Analysis 34294
8 ABC Inventory Control 17246
9 Abnormal Demand 24346
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7653
11 Activity Analysis 11481
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14556
13 Actual Demand 11197
14 Aggregate Planning 12170
15 Air Cargo 10059
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6641
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34846
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15327
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19230
20 Assembly Line 22359
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22957
22 Average Speed of Answer 26554
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23097
24 Batch Production 38333
25 Bill Discounting 14507
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11208
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7131
28 Blanket Release 9998
29 Bonded Warehouse 10051
30 Booking Number 13767
31 Bottleneck 9503
32 Buffer Stock 59193
33 Build to Stock 12959
34 Bullwhip Effect 9612
35 Business Logistics 25655
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12560
37 Capacity Management 40451
38 Capacity Utilization 14088
39 Capital Intensive 8393
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8718
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12114
42 Certified Supplier 8960
43 Channel Effectiveness 8918
44 Co-Destiny 9285
45 Co-managed Inventory 12503
46 Co-Packers 11754
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6860
48 Computer-Based Training 7683
49 Consular Invoice 19756
50 Container Depot 10596
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19495
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12068
54 Contract Carrier 7313
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7952
57 Cost Flow 10258
58 Courier Service 15214
59 CPFR 8207
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11783
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44116
62 Date Code 18203
63 Days of Supply 19816
64 Dead on Arrival 9265
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8091
67 Detective Control 8899
68 Devanning 14202
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10894
70 Dispatching 24475
71 Distributed Inventory 8344
72 Distribution Channel Management 34696
73 Distribution Metrics 9097
74 Distribution Planning 24180
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15198
76 Double Marginalization 52661
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22317
78 Dual 5434
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20590
80 Echelon Inventory 26183
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49679
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7605
84 Efficient Frontier 25445
85 Engineer-to-Order 31716
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16445
87 Erlang B Formula 9335
88 ETD 8319
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13475
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9456
94 Field Services 7737
95 Field Warehouse 10407
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14594
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27001
99 Flow Through Distribution 12297
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8165
 
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