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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 10413
2 3D Loading 6534
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21788
4 5 Point Annual Average 9189
5 5 Whys 22343
6 5S Program 8269
7 ABC Analysis 34329
8 ABC Inventory Control 17265
9 Abnormal Demand 24363
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7667
11 Activity Analysis 11490
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14588
13 Actual Demand 11205
14 Aggregate Planning 12233
15 Air Cargo 10074
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6650
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34869
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15336
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19293
20 Assembly Line 22411
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22974
22 Average Speed of Answer 26562
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23122
24 Batch Production 38379
25 Bill Discounting 14527
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11227
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7150
28 Blanket Release 10016
29 Bonded Warehouse 10064
30 Booking Number 13789
31 Bottleneck 9517
32 Buffer Stock 59241
33 Build to Stock 13017
34 Bullwhip Effect 9672
35 Business Logistics 25728
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12570
37 Capacity Management 40514
38 Capacity Utilization 14107
39 Capital Intensive 8410
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8737
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12132
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8930
44 Co-Destiny 9300
45 Co-managed Inventory 12561
46 Co-Packers 11774
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6875
48 Computer-Based Training 7693
49 Consular Invoice 19781
50 Container Depot 10608
51 Container Freight Station 10276
52 Continuous Replenishment 19561
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12079
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11417
56 Control Charts 7963
57 Cost Flow 10275
58 Courier Service 15234
59 CPFR 8223
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11800
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44150
62 Date Code 18228
63 Days of Supply 19838
64 Dead on Arrival 9322
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7309
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8107
67 Detective Control 8911
68 Devanning 14209
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10955
70 Dispatching 24514
71 Distributed Inventory 8356
72 Distribution Channel Management 34745
73 Distribution Metrics 9116
74 Distribution Planning 24200
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15215
76 Double Marginalization 52732
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22379
78 Dual 5442
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20613
80 Echelon Inventory 26205
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38266
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49724
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7615
84 Efficient Frontier 25482
85 Engineer-to-Order 31740
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16517
87 Erlang B Formula 9348
88 ETD 8331
89 Ex Works 7835
90 Exception Rate 13492
91 Exponential smoothing 9830
92 External Growth 10074
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9519
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10454
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8761
97 Fishbone Diagram 14607
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27035
99 Flow Through Distribution 12309
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8177
 
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