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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 10178
2 3D Loading 6421
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21589
4 5 Point Annual Average 9071
5 5 Whys 22219
6 5S Program 8146
7 ABC Analysis 33954
8 ABC Inventory Control 17093
9 Abnormal Demand 24185
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7540
11 Activity Analysis 11345
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14221
13 Actual Demand 11059
14 Aggregate Planning 11997
15 Air Cargo 9909
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6520
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34661
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15240
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19022
20 Assembly Line 21870
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22769
22 Average Speed of Answer 26442
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22849
24 Batch Production 37888
25 Bill Discounting 14284
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10983
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7000
28 Blanket Release 9852
29 Bonded Warehouse 9940
30 Booking Number 13559
31 Bottleneck 9338
32 Buffer Stock 58673
33 Build to Stock 12801
34 Bullwhip Effect 9402
35 Business Logistics 25316
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12409
37 Capacity Management 39952
38 Capacity Utilization 13902
39 Capital Intensive 8217
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8523
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11954
42 Certified Supplier 8870
43 Channel Effectiveness 8829
44 Co-Destiny 9134
45 Co-managed Inventory 12303
46 Co-Packers 11629
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6722
48 Computer-Based Training 7570
49 Consular Invoice 19494
50 Container Depot 10464
51 Container Freight Station 10193
52 Continuous Replenishment 19309
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11922
54 Contract Carrier 7247
55 Contract of Affreightment 11281
56 Control Charts 7837
57 Cost Flow 10147
58 Courier Service 15022
59 CPFR 8089
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11631
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43717
62 Date Code 17960
63 Days of Supply 19633
64 Dead on Arrival 9059
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7174
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7966
67 Detective Control 8774
68 Devanning 14086
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10711
70 Dispatching 24018
71 Distributed Inventory 8239
72 Distribution Channel Management 34361
73 Distribution Metrics 8891
74 Distribution Planning 24023
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15004
76 Double Marginalization 52388
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22120
78 Dual 5345
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20425
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38084
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49218
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7495
84 Efficient Frontier 25196
85 Engineer-to-Order 31473
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16142
87 Erlang B Formula 9205
88 ETD 8187
89 Ex Works 7739
90 Exception Rate 13285
91 Exponential smoothing 9711
92 External Growth 9918
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9295
94 Field Services 7647
95 Field Warehouse 9787
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8579
97 Fishbone Diagram 14449
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26745
99 Flow Through Distribution 12153
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8031
 
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