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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 10463
2 3D Loading 6553
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21819
4 5 Point Annual Average 9207
5 5 Whys 22367
6 5S Program 8287
7 ABC Analysis 34391
8 ABC Inventory Control 17293
9 Abnormal Demand 24392
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7685
11 Activity Analysis 11521
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14643
13 Actual Demand 11231
14 Aggregate Planning 12261
15 Air Cargo 10107
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6672
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34898
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15351
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19323
20 Assembly Line 22497
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23004
22 Average Speed of Answer 26581
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23182
24 Batch Production 38447
25 Bill Discounting 14566
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11259
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7173
28 Blanket Release 10048
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13835
31 Bottleneck 9552
32 Buffer Stock 59353
33 Build to Stock 13043
34 Bullwhip Effect 9698
35 Business Logistics 25783
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12589
37 Capacity Management 40623
38 Capacity Utilization 14135
39 Capital Intensive 8439
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8775
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12166
42 Certified Supplier 8980
43 Channel Effectiveness 8950
44 Co-Destiny 9322
45 Co-managed Inventory 12588
46 Co-Packers 11802
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6903
48 Computer-Based Training 7709
49 Consular Invoice 19834
50 Container Depot 10628
51 Container Freight Station 10297
52 Continuous Replenishment 19591
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12107
54 Contract Carrier 7331
55 Contract of Affreightment 11440
56 Control Charts 7980
57 Cost Flow 10294
58 Courier Service 15276
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11827
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44215
62 Date Code 18274
63 Days of Supply 19865
64 Dead on Arrival 9351
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8137
67 Detective Control 8930
68 Devanning 14236
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10988
70 Dispatching 24567
71 Distributed Inventory 8377
72 Distribution Channel Management 34816
73 Distribution Metrics 9148
74 Distribution Planning 24230
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15248
76 Double Marginalization 52796
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22411
78 Dual 5459
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20640
80 Echelon Inventory 26241
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38297
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49796
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7636
84 Efficient Frontier 25528
85 Engineer-to-Order 31791
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16562
87 Erlang B Formula 9368
88 ETD 8348
89 Ex Works 7853
90 Exception Rate 13521
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10106
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9539
94 Field Services 7759
95 Field Warehouse 10557
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8800
97 Fishbone Diagram 14634
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27086
99 Flow Through Distribution 12338
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8201
 
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