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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 10114
2 3D Loading 6396
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21536
4 5 Point Annual Average 9037
5 5 Whys 22184
6 5S Program 8110
7 ABC Analysis 33870
8 ABC Inventory Control 17063
9 Abnormal Demand 24154
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7509
11 Activity Analysis 11312
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14148
13 Actual Demand 11020
14 Aggregate Planning 11954
15 Air Cargo 9868
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6480
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34614
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15214
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18974
20 Assembly Line 21748
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22724
22 Average Speed of Answer 26408
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22776
24 Batch Production 37797
25 Bill Discounting 14214
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10907
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6967
28 Blanket Release 9814
29 Bonded Warehouse 9902
30 Booking Number 13490
31 Bottleneck 9296
32 Buffer Stock 58568
33 Build to Stock 12764
34 Bullwhip Effect 9355
35 Business Logistics 25235
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12376
37 Capacity Management 39814
38 Capacity Utilization 13855
39 Capital Intensive 8176
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8467
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11914
42 Certified Supplier 8846
43 Channel Effectiveness 8805
44 Co-Destiny 9093
45 Co-managed Inventory 12265
46 Co-Packers 11597
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6679
48 Computer-Based Training 7543
49 Consular Invoice 19426
50 Container Depot 10429
51 Container Freight Station 10160
52 Continuous Replenishment 19270
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11888
54 Contract Carrier 7225
55 Contract of Affreightment 11249
56 Control Charts 7808
57 Cost Flow 10120
58 Courier Service 14975
59 CPFR 8061
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11597
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43606
62 Date Code 17882
63 Days of Supply 19582
64 Dead on Arrival 9016
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7136
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7922
67 Detective Control 8745
68 Devanning 14055
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10673
70 Dispatching 23900
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34258
73 Distribution Metrics 8830
74 Distribution Planning 23983
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14958
76 Double Marginalization 52332
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22076
78 Dual 5321
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20382
80 Echelon Inventory 25931
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38041
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49131
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7459
84 Efficient Frontier 25117
85 Engineer-to-Order 31402
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16080
87 Erlang B Formula 9161
88 ETD 8150
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13235
91 Exponential smoothing 9671
92 External Growth 9878
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9265
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9748
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8535
97 Fishbone Diagram 14405
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26668
99 Flow Through Distribution 12120
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7994
 
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