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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 10338
2 3D Loading 6513
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21758
4 5 Point Annual Average 9170
5 5 Whys 22321
6 5S Program 8249
7 ABC Analysis 34272
8 ABC Inventory Control 17237
9 Abnormal Demand 24337
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7646
11 Activity Analysis 11473
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14528
13 Actual Demand 11189
14 Aggregate Planning 12124
15 Air Cargo 10052
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6633
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34835
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15321
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19184
20 Assembly Line 22318
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22944
22 Average Speed of Answer 26546
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23084
24 Batch Production 38305
25 Bill Discounting 14496
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11191
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7125
28 Blanket Release 9987
29 Bonded Warehouse 10046
30 Booking Number 13752
31 Bottleneck 9485
32 Buffer Stock 59163
33 Build to Stock 12916
34 Bullwhip Effect 9565
35 Business Logistics 25609
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12548
37 Capacity Management 40409
38 Capacity Utilization 14074
39 Capital Intensive 8385
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8707
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12104
42 Certified Supplier 8954
43 Channel Effectiveness 8910
44 Co-Destiny 9275
45 Co-managed Inventory 12455
46 Co-Packers 11747
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6844
48 Computer-Based Training 7676
49 Consular Invoice 19734
50 Container Depot 10588
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19450
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12056
54 Contract Carrier 7308
55 Contract of Affreightment 11394
56 Control Charts 7947
57 Cost Flow 10247
58 Courier Service 15204
59 CPFR 8198
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11773
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44087
62 Date Code 18188
63 Days of Supply 19803
64 Dead on Arrival 9220
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7290
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14194
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10849
70 Dispatching 24450
71 Distributed Inventory 8339
72 Distribution Channel Management 34671
73 Distribution Metrics 9086
74 Distribution Planning 24170
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15187
76 Double Marginalization 52615
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22272
78 Dual 5430
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20579
80 Echelon Inventory 26169
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49644
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25434
85 Engineer-to-Order 31702
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16398
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8313
89 Ex Works 7821
90 Exception Rate 13458
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9412
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10383
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8737
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26983
99 Flow Through Distribution 12288
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8156
 
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