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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 10473
2 3D Loading 6558
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21833
4 5 Point Annual Average 9212
5 5 Whys 22373
6 5S Program 8291
7 ABC Analysis 34414
8 ABC Inventory Control 17302
9 Abnormal Demand 24399
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7691
11 Activity Analysis 11529
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14658
13 Actual Demand 11236
14 Aggregate Planning 12263
15 Air Cargo 10114
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6677
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34905
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15356
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19328
20 Assembly Line 22523
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23014
22 Average Speed of Answer 26586
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23195
24 Batch Production 38465
25 Bill Discounting 14580
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11267
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7175
28 Blanket Release 10051
29 Bonded Warehouse 10091
30 Booking Number 13848
31 Bottleneck 9560
32 Buffer Stock 59372
33 Build to Stock 13049
34 Bullwhip Effect 9703
35 Business Logistics 25799
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12595
37 Capacity Management 40656
38 Capacity Utilization 14143
39 Capital Intensive 8450
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8782
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12172
42 Certified Supplier 8984
43 Channel Effectiveness 8956
44 Co-Destiny 9327
45 Co-managed Inventory 12597
46 Co-Packers 11808
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6906
48 Computer-Based Training 7713
49 Consular Invoice 19844
50 Container Depot 10632
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19599
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12112
54 Contract Carrier 7336
55 Contract of Affreightment 11444
56 Control Charts 7984
57 Cost Flow 10299
58 Courier Service 15282
59 CPFR 8251
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11831
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44230
62 Date Code 18284
63 Days of Supply 19878
64 Dead on Arrival 9358
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7334
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8144
67 Detective Control 8934
68 Devanning 14240
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10996
70 Dispatching 24581
71 Distributed Inventory 8382
72 Distribution Channel Management 34833
73 Distribution Metrics 9160
74 Distribution Planning 24237
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15260
76 Double Marginalization 52810
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22425
78 Dual 5462
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20646
80 Echelon Inventory 26247
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38302
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49819
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7639
84 Efficient Frontier 25547
85 Engineer-to-Order 31806
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16577
87 Erlang B Formula 9375
88 ETD 8353
89 Ex Works 7857
90 Exception Rate 13532
91 Exponential smoothing 9847
92 External Growth 10109
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7763
95 Field Warehouse 10579
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8813
97 Fishbone Diagram 14641
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27104
99 Flow Through Distribution 12346
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8204
 
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