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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 10451
2 3D Loading 6549
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21812
4 5 Point Annual Average 9201
5 5 Whys 22362
6 5S Program 8283
7 ABC Analysis 34379
8 ABC Inventory Control 17288
9 Abnormal Demand 24383
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7681
11 Activity Analysis 11509
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14630
13 Actual Demand 11225
14 Aggregate Planning 12256
15 Air Cargo 10098
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6671
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34891
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15348
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19319
20 Assembly Line 22475
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23000
22 Average Speed of Answer 26578
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23164
24 Batch Production 38426
25 Bill Discounting 14556
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11246
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7167
28 Blanket Release 10040
29 Bonded Warehouse 10080
30 Booking Number 13820
31 Bottleneck 9544
32 Buffer Stock 59325
33 Build to Stock 13035
34 Bullwhip Effect 9693
35 Business Logistics 25770
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12585
37 Capacity Management 40601
38 Capacity Utilization 14129
39 Capital Intensive 8433
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8765
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12155
42 Certified Supplier 8978
43 Channel Effectiveness 8946
44 Co-Destiny 9318
45 Co-managed Inventory 12580
46 Co-Packers 11798
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6895
48 Computer-Based Training 7705
49 Consular Invoice 19821
50 Container Depot 10624
51 Container Freight Station 10294
52 Continuous Replenishment 19583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11434
56 Control Charts 7976
57 Cost Flow 10290
58 Courier Service 15264
59 CPFR 8242
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11820
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44203
62 Date Code 18260
63 Days of Supply 19860
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7326
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8129
67 Detective Control 8926
68 Devanning 14226
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10982
70 Dispatching 24554
71 Distributed Inventory 8372
72 Distribution Channel Management 34791
73 Distribution Metrics 9135
74 Distribution Planning 24226
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15240
76 Double Marginalization 52781
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22403
78 Dual 5454
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20633
80 Echelon Inventory 26234
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49782
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7632
84 Efficient Frontier 25514
85 Engineer-to-Order 31781
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16552
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8345
89 Ex Works 7848
90 Exception Rate 13512
91 Exponential smoothing 9843
92 External Growth 10094
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7755
95 Field Warehouse 10534
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8789
97 Fishbone Diagram 14627
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27068
99 Flow Through Distribution 12331
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8197
 
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