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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 10265
2 3D Loading 6477
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21688
4 5 Point Annual Average 9128
5 5 Whys 22274
6 5S Program 8212
7 ABC Analysis 34132
8 ABC Inventory Control 17179
9 Abnormal Demand 24279
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7608
11 Activity Analysis 11416
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14391
13 Actual Demand 11136
14 Aggregate Planning 12066
15 Air Cargo 9996
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6580
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34752
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15292
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19106
20 Assembly Line 22138
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22876
22 Average Speed of Answer 26500
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22978
24 Batch Production 38142
25 Bill Discounting 14400
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11113
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7076
28 Blanket Release 9934
29 Bonded Warehouse 10001
30 Booking Number 13670
31 Bottleneck 9427
32 Buffer Stock 58979
33 Build to Stock 12863
34 Bullwhip Effect 9489
35 Business Logistics 25478
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12493
37 Capacity Management 40218
38 Capacity Utilization 13997
39 Capital Intensive 8315
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8622
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12041
42 Certified Supplier 8920
43 Channel Effectiveness 8873
44 Co-Destiny 9212
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11692
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6786
48 Computer-Based Training 7632
49 Consular Invoice 19626
50 Container Depot 10542
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19389
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11997
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11340
56 Control Charts 7899
57 Cost Flow 10200
58 Courier Service 15124
59 CPFR 8153
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11711
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43943
62 Date Code 18092
63 Days of Supply 19724
64 Dead on Arrival 9146
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7242
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8032
67 Detective Control 8846
68 Devanning 14151
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10791
70 Dispatching 24296
71 Distributed Inventory 8295
72 Distribution Channel Management 34528
73 Distribution Metrics 9006
74 Distribution Planning 24109
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15109
76 Double Marginalization 52517
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22201
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20514
80 Echelon Inventory 26080
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49459
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7552
84 Efficient Frontier 25327
85 Engineer-to-Order 31608
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16287
87 Erlang B Formula 9278
88 ETD 8264
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13388
91 Exponential smoothing 9767
92 External Growth 9994
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9359
94 Field Services 7696
95 Field Warehouse 10097
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8678
97 Fishbone Diagram 14526
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26879
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8095
 
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