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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 10251
2 3D Loading 6466
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21671
4 5 Point Annual Average 9117
5 5 Whys 22263
6 5S Program 8202
7 ABC Analysis 34097
8 ABC Inventory Control 17166
9 Abnormal Demand 24255
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7595
11 Activity Analysis 11406
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14368
13 Actual Demand 11123
14 Aggregate Planning 12054
15 Air Cargo 9982
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6570
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34733
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15287
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19089
20 Assembly Line 22098
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22865
22 Average Speed of Answer 26489
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22952
24 Batch Production 38096
25 Bill Discounting 14379
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11091
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7063
28 Blanket Release 9924
29 Bonded Warehouse 9990
30 Booking Number 13653
31 Bottleneck 9412
32 Buffer Stock 58928
33 Build to Stock 12852
34 Bullwhip Effect 9472
35 Business Logistics 25453
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12474
37 Capacity Management 40176
38 Capacity Utilization 13975
39 Capital Intensive 8297
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8609
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8909
43 Channel Effectiveness 8864
44 Co-Destiny 9201
45 Co-managed Inventory 12374
46 Co-Packers 11683
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6777
48 Computer-Based Training 7623
49 Consular Invoice 19606
50 Container Depot 10531
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19380
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11985
54 Contract Carrier 7279
55 Contract of Affreightment 11331
56 Control Charts 7894
57 Cost Flow 10189
58 Courier Service 15108
59 CPFR 8145
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11699
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43902
62 Date Code 18075
63 Days of Supply 19708
64 Dead on Arrival 9131
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7232
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8019
67 Detective Control 8837
68 Devanning 14138
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10777
70 Dispatching 24261
71 Distributed Inventory 8285
72 Distribution Channel Management 34509
73 Distribution Metrics 8985
74 Distribution Planning 24094
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15094
76 Double Marginalization 52494
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22190
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20498
80 Echelon Inventory 26059
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38158
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49428
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7542
84 Efficient Frontier 25305
85 Engineer-to-Order 31582
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16269
87 Erlang B Formula 9267
88 ETD 8256
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13371
91 Exponential smoothing 9757
92 External Growth 9980
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9349
94 Field Services 7690
95 Field Warehouse 10028
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8659
97 Fishbone Diagram 14512
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26854
99 Flow Through Distribution 12221
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8085
 
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