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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 10451
2 3D Loading 6548
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21811
4 5 Point Annual Average 9201
5 5 Whys 22361
6 5S Program 8282
7 ABC Analysis 34376
8 ABC Inventory Control 17288
9 Abnormal Demand 24383
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7679
11 Activity Analysis 11507
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14627
13 Actual Demand 11225
14 Aggregate Planning 12254
15 Air Cargo 10096
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6670
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34889
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15346
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19318
20 Assembly Line 22471
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22998
22 Average Speed of Answer 26577
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23162
24 Batch Production 38423
25 Bill Discounting 14554
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11244
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7165
28 Blanket Release 10037
29 Bonded Warehouse 10080
30 Booking Number 13817
31 Bottleneck 9542
32 Buffer Stock 59320
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9692
35 Business Logistics 25768
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12585
37 Capacity Management 40599
38 Capacity Utilization 14127
39 Capital Intensive 8431
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8762
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12152
42 Certified Supplier 8977
43 Channel Effectiveness 8946
44 Co-Destiny 9317
45 Co-managed Inventory 12579
46 Co-Packers 11796
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6895
48 Computer-Based Training 7704
49 Consular Invoice 19820
50 Container Depot 10624
51 Container Freight Station 10291
52 Continuous Replenishment 19583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11432
56 Control Charts 7976
57 Cost Flow 10289
58 Courier Service 15262
59 CPFR 8241
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11818
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44201
62 Date Code 18260
63 Days of Supply 19860
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7326
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8127
67 Detective Control 8926
68 Devanning 14225
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10981
70 Dispatching 24552
71 Distributed Inventory 8372
72 Distribution Channel Management 34789
73 Distribution Metrics 9134
74 Distribution Planning 24225
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15238
76 Double Marginalization 52780
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22402
78 Dual 5453
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20631
80 Echelon Inventory 26233
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49781
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7632
84 Efficient Frontier 25512
85 Engineer-to-Order 31779
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16551
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8344
89 Ex Works 7848
90 Exception Rate 13510
91 Exponential smoothing 9843
92 External Growth 10093
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7753
95 Field Warehouse 10531
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8789
97 Fishbone Diagram 14626
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27068
99 Flow Through Distribution 12330
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8197
 
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