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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 10405
2 3D Loading 6532
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21783
4 5 Point Annual Average 9186
5 5 Whys 22339
6 5S Program 8268
7 ABC Analysis 34319
8 ABC Inventory Control 17261
9 Abnormal Demand 24359
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7665
11 Activity Analysis 11487
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14580
13 Actual Demand 11205
14 Aggregate Planning 12229
15 Air Cargo 10073
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6649
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34864
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15335
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19285
20 Assembly Line 22400
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22969
22 Average Speed of Answer 26560
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23113
24 Batch Production 38366
25 Bill Discounting 14522
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11224
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7143
28 Blanket Release 10012
29 Bonded Warehouse 10059
30 Booking Number 13782
31 Bottleneck 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59232
33 Build to Stock 13012
34 Bullwhip Effect 9667
35 Business Logistics 25718
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12568
37 Capacity Management 40502
38 Capacity Utilization 14101
39 Capital Intensive 8408
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8733
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12129
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8927
44 Co-Destiny 9297
45 Co-managed Inventory 12556
46 Co-Packers 11768
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6870
48 Computer-Based Training 7691
49 Consular Invoice 19777
50 Container Depot 10606
51 Container Freight Station 10275
52 Continuous Replenishment 19553
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12075
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11412
56 Control Charts 7961
57 Cost Flow 10271
58 Courier Service 15229
59 CPFR 8220
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11794
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44137
62 Date Code 18222
63 Days of Supply 19832
64 Dead on Arrival 9316
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8104
67 Detective Control 8909
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10949
70 Dispatching 24507
71 Distributed Inventory 8354
72 Distribution Channel Management 34734
73 Distribution Metrics 9111
74 Distribution Planning 24199
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15209
76 Double Marginalization 52720
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22374
78 Dual 5440
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20608
80 Echelon Inventory 26200
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38261
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49712
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25476
85 Engineer-to-Order 31734
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16505
87 Erlang B Formula 9344
88 ETD 8328
89 Ex Works 7833
90 Exception Rate 13488
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9507
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10443
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8757
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27023
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8174
 
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