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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 10400
2 3D Loading 6532
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21781
4 5 Point Annual Average 9186
5 5 Whys 22335
6 5S Program 8267
7 ABC Analysis 34316
8 ABC Inventory Control 17259
9 Abnormal Demand 24357
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7661
11 Activity Analysis 11487
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14579
13 Actual Demand 11204
14 Aggregate Planning 12221
15 Air Cargo 10070
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6648
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34864
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15333
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19278
20 Assembly Line 22394
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22967
22 Average Speed of Answer 26559
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23111
24 Batch Production 38361
25 Bill Discounting 14522
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11223
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7142
28 Blanket Release 10010
29 Bonded Warehouse 10058
30 Booking Number 13779
31 Bottleneck 9515
32 Buffer Stock 59227
33 Build to Stock 13004
34 Bullwhip Effect 9659
35 Business Logistics 25709
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40496
38 Capacity Utilization 14097
39 Capital Intensive 8405
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8732
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12126
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9295
45 Co-managed Inventory 12549
46 Co-Packers 11765
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6869
48 Computer-Based Training 7689
49 Consular Invoice 19772
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10274
52 Continuous Replenishment 19545
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11411
56 Control Charts 7959
57 Cost Flow 10268
58 Courier Service 15228
59 CPFR 8218
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44134
62 Date Code 18217
63 Days of Supply 19829
64 Dead on Arrival 9310
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8906
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10941
70 Dispatching 24503
71 Distributed Inventory 8353
72 Distribution Channel Management 34729
73 Distribution Metrics 9110
74 Distribution Planning 24197
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15207
76 Double Marginalization 52712
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22366
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20603
80 Echelon Inventory 26197
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38258
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49710
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7611
84 Efficient Frontier 25472
85 Engineer-to-Order 31731
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16498
87 Erlang B Formula 9343
88 ETD 8326
89 Ex Works 7832
90 Exception Rate 13486
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9501
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10439
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8755
97 Fishbone Diagram 14603
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27019
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8172
 
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