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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 11315
2 3D Loading 6941
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22441
4 5 Point Annual Average 9747
5 5 Whys 22967
6 5S Program 8753
7 ABC Analysis 35434
8 ABC Inventory Control 17990
9 Abnormal Demand 24979
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 8122
11 Activity Analysis 12049
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 16043
13 Actual Demand 11723
14 Aggregate Planning 12755
15 Air Cargo 10677
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 7160
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35535
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15743
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19981
20 Assembly Line 23861
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23644
22 Average Speed of Answer 27099
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23994
24 Batch Production 39552
25 Bill Discounting 15220
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11902
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7615
28 Blanket Release 10577
29 Bonded Warehouse 10588
30 Booking Number 14716
31 Bottleneck 10251
32 Buffer Stock 60658
33 Build to Stock 13567
34 Bullwhip Effect 10305
35 Business Logistics 26782
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 13021
37 Capacity Management 43155
38 Capacity Utilization 15024
39 Capital Intensive 9031
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9525
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12777
42 Certified Supplier 9389
43 Channel Effectiveness 9426
44 Co-Destiny 9737
45 Co-managed Inventory 13185
46 Co-Packers 12300
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7494
48 Computer-Based Training 8160
49 Consular Invoice 20689
50 Container Depot 11080
51 Container Freight Station 10754
52 Continuous Replenishment 20139
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12674
54 Contract Carrier 7667
55 Contract of Affreightment 11894
56 Control Charts 8431
57 Cost Flow 10742
58 Courier Service 15841
59 CPFR 8719
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12329
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 45758
62 Date Code 19321
63 Days of Supply 20458
64 Dead on Arrival 10011
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7772
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8606
67 Detective Control 9445
68 Devanning 14784
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11530
70 Dispatching 25602
71 Distributed Inventory 8759
72 Distribution Channel Management 36224
73 Distribution Metrics 9877
74 Distribution Planning 24924
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15955
76 Double Marginalization 53793
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 23146
78 Dual 5886
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 21149
80 Echelon Inventory 27023
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 39129
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 51151
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 8149
84 Efficient Frontier 26457
85 Engineer-to-Order 32683
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17438
87 Erlang B Formula 9810
88 ETD 8792
89 Ex Works 8325
90 Exception Rate 14183
91 Exponential smoothing 10227
92 External Growth 10671
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 10079
94 Field Services 8154
95 Field Warehouse 12233
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9598
97 Fishbone Diagram 15160
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 28074
99 Flow Through Distribution 13019
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8710
 
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