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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 10356
2 3D Loading 6519
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21767
4 5 Point Annual Average 9178
5 5 Whys 22326
6 5S Program 8256
7 ABC Analysis 34285
8 ABC Inventory Control 17243
9 Abnormal Demand 24342
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7650
11 Activity Analysis 11476
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14546
13 Actual Demand 11195
14 Aggregate Planning 12152
15 Air Cargo 10056
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6636
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34843
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15324
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19210
20 Assembly Line 22340
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22949
22 Average Speed of Answer 26549
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23089
24 Batch Production 38326
25 Bill Discounting 14506
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11201
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7128
28 Blanket Release 9994
29 Bonded Warehouse 10049
30 Booking Number 13759
31 Bottleneck 9495
32 Buffer Stock 59178
33 Build to Stock 12942
34 Bullwhip Effect 9592
35 Business Logistics 25636
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12558
37 Capacity Management 40434
38 Capacity Utilization 14083
39 Capital Intensive 8389
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8713
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12109
42 Certified Supplier 8957
43 Channel Effectiveness 8916
44 Co-Destiny 9280
45 Co-managed Inventory 12484
46 Co-Packers 11750
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6855
48 Computer-Based Training 7680
49 Consular Invoice 19748
50 Container Depot 10592
51 Container Freight Station 10270
52 Continuous Replenishment 19477
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12062
54 Contract Carrier 7311
55 Contract of Affreightment 11398
56 Control Charts 7950
57 Cost Flow 10253
58 Courier Service 15211
59 CPFR 8205
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11778
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44102
62 Date Code 18194
63 Days of Supply 19808
64 Dead on Arrival 9247
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7296
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8087
67 Detective Control 8894
68 Devanning 14197
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10875
70 Dispatching 24463
71 Distributed Inventory 8341
72 Distribution Channel Management 34686
73 Distribution Metrics 9093
74 Distribution Planning 24176
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15196
76 Double Marginalization 52644
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22300
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20587
80 Echelon Inventory 26178
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38241
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49664
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7603
84 Efficient Frontier 25440
85 Engineer-to-Order 31713
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16426
87 Erlang B Formula 9331
88 ETD 8316
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13467
91 Exponential smoothing 9817
92 External Growth 10059
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9439
94 Field Services 7734
95 Field Warehouse 10395
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8741
97 Fishbone Diagram 14587
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26995
99 Flow Through Distribution 12294
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8163
 
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