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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 10743
2 3D Loading 6717
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22086
4 5 Point Annual Average 9419
5 5 Whys 22578
6 5S Program 8457
7 ABC Analysis 34905
8 ABC Inventory Control 17586
9 Abnormal Demand 24628
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7886
11 Activity Analysis 11735
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15233
13 Actual Demand 11421
14 Aggregate Planning 12475
15 Air Cargo 10393
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6846
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35177
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15514
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19606
20 Assembly Line 23169
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23263
22 Average Speed of Answer 26784
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23547
24 Batch Production 38992
25 Bill Discounting 14875
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11547
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7365
28 Blanket Release 10255
29 Bonded Warehouse 10284
30 Booking Number 14202
31 Bottleneck 9816
32 Buffer Stock 59900
33 Build to Stock 13260
34 Bullwhip Effect 9972
35 Business Logistics 26228
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12792
37 Capacity Management 41603
38 Capacity Utilization 14453
39 Capital Intensive 8699
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9083
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12403
42 Certified Supplier 9139
43 Channel Effectiveness 9142
44 Co-Destiny 9521
45 Co-managed Inventory 12839
46 Co-Packers 11996
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7142
48 Computer-Based Training 7878
49 Consular Invoice 20190
50 Container Depot 10807
51 Container Freight Station 10458
52 Continuous Replenishment 19823
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12319
54 Contract Carrier 7463
55 Contract of Affreightment 11645
56 Control Charts 8170
57 Cost Flow 10508
58 Courier Service 15518
59 CPFR 8422
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12042
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44857
62 Date Code 18754
63 Days of Supply 20128
64 Dead on Arrival 9609
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7501
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8357
67 Detective Control 9156
68 Devanning 14457
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11228
70 Dispatching 25078
71 Distributed Inventory 8551
72 Distribution Channel Management 35378
73 Distribution Metrics 9462
74 Distribution Planning 24523
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15543
76 Double Marginalization 53210
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22702
78 Dual 5611
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20859
80 Echelon Inventory 26628
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38623
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50518
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7818
84 Efficient Frontier 25896
85 Engineer-to-Order 32163
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16998
87 Erlang B Formula 9555
88 ETD 8520
89 Ex Works 8003
90 Exception Rate 13810
91 Exponential smoothing 10011
92 External Growth 10329
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9778
94 Field Services 7914
95 Field Warehouse 11519
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9139
97 Fishbone Diagram 14866
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27548
99 Flow Through Distribution 12587
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8433
 
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