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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 10476
2 3D Loading 6564
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21835
4 5 Point Annual Average 9217
5 5 Whys 22375
6 5S Program 8292
7 ABC Analysis 34427
8 ABC Inventory Control 17306
9 Abnormal Demand 24402
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7692
11 Activity Analysis 11531
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14667
13 Actual Demand 11240
14 Aggregate Planning 12268
15 Air Cargo 10119
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6679
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34910
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15362
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19333
20 Assembly Line 22535
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23020
22 Average Speed of Answer 26590
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23199
24 Batch Production 38470
25 Bill Discounting 14586
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11271
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7177
28 Blanket Release 10056
29 Bonded Warehouse 10093
30 Booking Number 13852
31 Bottleneck 9565
32 Buffer Stock 59390
33 Build to Stock 13051
34 Bullwhip Effect 9704
35 Business Logistics 25807
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12597
37 Capacity Management 40685
38 Capacity Utilization 14146
39 Capital Intensive 8455
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8787
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12177
42 Certified Supplier 8990
43 Channel Effectiveness 8958
44 Co-Destiny 9330
45 Co-managed Inventory 12598
46 Co-Packers 11809
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6908
48 Computer-Based Training 7716
49 Consular Invoice 19852
50 Container Depot 10636
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19601
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12114
54 Contract Carrier 7339
55 Contract of Affreightment 11448
56 Control Charts 7985
57 Cost Flow 10305
58 Courier Service 15284
59 CPFR 8256
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11836
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44241
62 Date Code 18296
63 Days of Supply 19881
64 Dead on Arrival 9363
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7337
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8146
67 Detective Control 8937
68 Devanning 14243
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10998
70 Dispatching 24589
71 Distributed Inventory 8385
72 Distribution Channel Management 34848
73 Distribution Metrics 9167
74 Distribution Planning 24239
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15267
76 Double Marginalization 52816
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22427
78 Dual 5464
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20649
80 Echelon Inventory 26248
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38306
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49831
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7643
84 Efficient Frontier 25551
85 Engineer-to-Order 31813
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16587
87 Erlang B Formula 9379
88 ETD 8357
89 Ex Works 7861
90 Exception Rate 13535
91 Exponential smoothing 9850
92 External Growth 10114
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7766
95 Field Warehouse 10595
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8818
97 Fishbone Diagram 14646
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27112
99 Flow Through Distribution 12351
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8208
 
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