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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 10486
2 3D Loading 6571
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21843
4 5 Point Annual Average 9226
5 5 Whys 22384
6 5S Program 8299
7 ABC Analysis 34451
8 ABC Inventory Control 17318
9 Abnormal Demand 24414
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7699
11 Activity Analysis 11546
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14686
13 Actual Demand 11246
14 Aggregate Planning 12276
15 Air Cargo 10134
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6686
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34920
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15366
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19345
20 Assembly Line 22574
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23031
22 Average Speed of Answer 26599
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23216
24 Batch Production 38497
25 Bill Discounting 14597
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11290
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7188
28 Blanket Release 10067
29 Bonded Warehouse 10099
30 Booking Number 13864
31 Bottleneck 9574
32 Buffer Stock 59430
33 Build to Stock 13060
34 Bullwhip Effect 9713
35 Business Logistics 25827
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12608
37 Capacity Management 40722
38 Capacity Utilization 14158
39 Capital Intensive 8468
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8805
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12186
42 Certified Supplier 8997
43 Channel Effectiveness 8966
44 Co-Destiny 9338
45 Co-managed Inventory 12611
46 Co-Packers 11817
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6919
48 Computer-Based Training 7723
49 Consular Invoice 19869
50 Container Depot 10643
51 Container Freight Station 10307
52 Continuous Replenishment 19616
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12125
54 Contract Carrier 7343
55 Contract of Affreightment 11452
56 Control Charts 7990
57 Cost Flow 10314
58 Courier Service 15293
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11842
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44265
62 Date Code 18309
63 Days of Supply 19894
64 Dead on Arrival 9378
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7345
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8154
67 Detective Control 8944
68 Devanning 14253
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11006
70 Dispatching 24606
71 Distributed Inventory 8394
72 Distribution Channel Management 34878
73 Distribution Metrics 9183
74 Distribution Planning 24250
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15281
76 Double Marginalization 52834
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22441
78 Dual 5470
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26258
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38313
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49865
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7652
84 Efficient Frontier 25566
85 Engineer-to-Order 31827
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16606
87 Erlang B Formula 9387
88 ETD 8363
89 Ex Works 7864
90 Exception Rate 13545
91 Exponential smoothing 9857
92 External Growth 10123
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9558
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10625
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8834
97 Fishbone Diagram 14656
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27136
99 Flow Through Distribution 12359
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8217
 
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