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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 10325
2 3D Loading 6506
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21749
4 5 Point Annual Average 9165
5 5 Whys 22314
6 5S Program 8244
7 ABC Analysis 34248
8 ABC Inventory Control 17224
9 Abnormal Demand 24323
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7640
11 Activity Analysis 11462
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14506
13 Actual Demand 11182
14 Aggregate Planning 12112
15 Air Cargo 10042
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6623
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34820
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15316
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19164
20 Assembly Line 22290
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22935
22 Average Speed of Answer 26535
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23061
24 Batch Production 38283
25 Bill Discounting 14486
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11173
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7118
28 Blanket Release 9980
29 Bonded Warehouse 10038
30 Booking Number 13738
31 Bottleneck 9474
32 Buffer Stock 59146
33 Build to Stock 12904
34 Bullwhip Effect 9550
35 Business Logistics 25587
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12541
37 Capacity Management 40391
38 Capacity Utilization 14066
39 Capital Intensive 8376
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8698
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12091
42 Certified Supplier 8948
43 Channel Effectiveness 8902
44 Co-Destiny 9267
45 Co-managed Inventory 12438
46 Co-Packers 11739
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6835
48 Computer-Based Training 7667
49 Consular Invoice 19711
50 Container Depot 10581
51 Container Freight Station 10257
52 Continuous Replenishment 19435
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12045
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11387
56 Control Charts 7940
57 Cost Flow 10238
58 Courier Service 15192
59 CPFR 8193
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11766
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44071
62 Date Code 18179
63 Days of Supply 19791
64 Dead on Arrival 9207
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7281
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8079
67 Detective Control 8883
68 Devanning 14188
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10836
70 Dispatching 24428
71 Distributed Inventory 8329
72 Distribution Channel Management 34653
73 Distribution Metrics 9075
74 Distribution Planning 24161
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15173
76 Double Marginalization 52599
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22253
78 Dual 5424
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20574
80 Echelon Inventory 26158
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38222
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49611
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7588
84 Efficient Frontier 25420
85 Engineer-to-Order 31690
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16379
87 Erlang B Formula 9322
88 ETD 8305
89 Ex Works 7814
90 Exception Rate 13446
91 Exponential smoothing 9807
92 External Growth 10040
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9398
94 Field Services 7724
95 Field Warehouse 10354
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8728
97 Fishbone Diagram 14575
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26969
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8143
 
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