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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 10265
2 3D Loading 6478
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21688
4 5 Point Annual Average 9128
5 5 Whys 22275
6 5S Program 8212
7 ABC Analysis 34134
8 ABC Inventory Control 17180
9 Abnormal Demand 24279
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7608
11 Activity Analysis 11416
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14392
13 Actual Demand 11136
14 Aggregate Planning 12066
15 Air Cargo 9996
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6580
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34752
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15292
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19106
20 Assembly Line 22138
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22877
22 Average Speed of Answer 26500
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22978
24 Batch Production 38143
25 Bill Discounting 14401
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11113
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7078
28 Blanket Release 9934
29 Bonded Warehouse 10002
30 Booking Number 13671
31 Bottleneck 9427
32 Buffer Stock 58981
33 Build to Stock 12863
34 Bullwhip Effect 9489
35 Business Logistics 25478
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12493
37 Capacity Management 40220
38 Capacity Utilization 13998
39 Capital Intensive 8315
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8623
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12042
42 Certified Supplier 8920
43 Channel Effectiveness 8873
44 Co-Destiny 9212
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11692
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6787
48 Computer-Based Training 7633
49 Consular Invoice 19627
50 Container Depot 10542
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19390
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11997
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11340
56 Control Charts 7899
57 Cost Flow 10200
58 Courier Service 15127
59 CPFR 8154
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11711
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43944
62 Date Code 18092
63 Days of Supply 19725
64 Dead on Arrival 9147
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7242
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8034
67 Detective Control 8846
68 Devanning 14153
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10791
70 Dispatching 24297
71 Distributed Inventory 8295
72 Distribution Channel Management 34529
73 Distribution Metrics 9007
74 Distribution Planning 24109
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15109
76 Double Marginalization 52519
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22201
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20515
80 Echelon Inventory 26081
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49460
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7553
84 Efficient Frontier 25328
85 Engineer-to-Order 31608
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16289
87 Erlang B Formula 9278
88 ETD 8265
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13389
91 Exponential smoothing 9767
92 External Growth 9994
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9360
94 Field Services 7696
95 Field Warehouse 10099
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26879
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8096
 
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