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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 10392
2 3D Loading 6528
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21776
4 5 Point Annual Average 9184
5 5 Whys 22334
6 5S Program 8264
7 ABC Analysis 34305
8 ABC Inventory Control 17255
9 Abnormal Demand 24355
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7659
11 Activity Analysis 11485
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14572
13 Actual Demand 11202
14 Aggregate Planning 12204
15 Air Cargo 10068
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6646
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34856
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15331
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19261
20 Assembly Line 22381
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22963
22 Average Speed of Answer 26558
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23107
24 Batch Production 38349
25 Bill Discounting 14516
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11217
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7139
28 Blanket Release 10007
29 Bonded Warehouse 10055
30 Booking Number 13774
31 Bottleneck 9514
32 Buffer Stock 59211
33 Build to Stock 12988
34 Bullwhip Effect 9643
35 Business Logistics 25692
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40478
38 Capacity Utilization 14092
39 Capital Intensive 8403
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8726
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12123
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8923
44 Co-Destiny 9292
45 Co-managed Inventory 12532
46 Co-Packers 11761
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6865
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19765
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10272
52 Continuous Replenishment 19527
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11407
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15225
59 CPFR 8215
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11791
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44130
62 Date Code 18214
63 Days of Supply 19827
64 Dead on Arrival 9295
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7306
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8100
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10926
70 Dispatching 24490
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34718
73 Distribution Metrics 9104
74 Distribution Planning 24189
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15204
76 Double Marginalization 52694
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22348
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20599
80 Echelon Inventory 26193
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38252
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49697
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25465
85 Engineer-to-Order 31725
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16476
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13482
91 Exponential smoothing 9826
92 External Growth 10068
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9484
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10427
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8750
97 Fishbone Diagram 14601
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27013
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8169
 
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