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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 10437
2 3D Loading 6542
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21802
4 5 Point Annual Average 9196
5 5 Whys 22354
6 5S Program 8276
7 ABC Analysis 34351
8 ABC Inventory Control 17276
9 Abnormal Demand 24372
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7672
11 Activity Analysis 11503
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14612
13 Actual Demand 11217
14 Aggregate Planning 12242
15 Air Cargo 10085
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6660
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34878
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15340
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19308
20 Assembly Line 22441
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22987
22 Average Speed of Answer 26572
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23144
24 Batch Production 38403
25 Bill Discounting 14542
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11239
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7159
28 Blanket Release 10026
29 Bonded Warehouse 10072
30 Booking Number 13804
31 Bottleneck 9530
32 Buffer Stock 59278
33 Build to Stock 13026
34 Bullwhip Effect 9684
35 Business Logistics 25753
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12578
37 Capacity Management 40553
38 Capacity Utilization 14117
39 Capital Intensive 8419
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8749
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12143
42 Certified Supplier 8973
43 Channel Effectiveness 8938
44 Co-Destiny 9310
45 Co-managed Inventory 12571
46 Co-Packers 11786
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6887
48 Computer-Based Training 7699
49 Consular Invoice 19801
50 Container Depot 10617
51 Container Freight Station 10286
52 Continuous Replenishment 19568
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12088
54 Contract Carrier 7324
55 Contract of Affreightment 11427
56 Control Charts 7972
57 Cost Flow 10282
58 Courier Service 15248
59 CPFR 8232
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11811
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44178
62 Date Code 18246
63 Days of Supply 19847
64 Dead on Arrival 9334
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7318
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8116
67 Detective Control 8920
68 Devanning 14221
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10969
70 Dispatching 24535
71 Distributed Inventory 8363
72 Distribution Channel Management 34769
73 Distribution Metrics 9128
74 Distribution Planning 24209
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15223
76 Double Marginalization 52761
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22393
78 Dual 5449
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20623
80 Echelon Inventory 26218
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38284
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49757
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7623
84 Efficient Frontier 25499
85 Engineer-to-Order 31764
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16535
87 Erlang B Formula 9353
88 ETD 8341
89 Ex Works 7842
90 Exception Rate 13503
91 Exponential smoothing 9837
92 External Growth 10087
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9529
94 Field Services 7748
95 Field Warehouse 10490
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8775
97 Fishbone Diagram 14618
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27048
99 Flow Through Distribution 12319
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8187
 
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