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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 10305
2 3D Loading 6499
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21727
4 5 Point Annual Average 9153
5 5 Whys 22296
6 5S Program 8232
7 ABC Analysis 34212
8 ABC Inventory Control 17209
9 Abnormal Demand 24309
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7627
11 Activity Analysis 11445
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14469
13 Actual Demand 11167
14 Aggregate Planning 12094
15 Air Cargo 10023
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6610
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34800
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15307
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19147
20 Assembly Line 22244
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22917
22 Average Speed of Answer 26524
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23035
24 Batch Production 38244
25 Bill Discounting 14456
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11148
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7106
28 Blanket Release 9965
29 Bonded Warehouse 10028
30 Booking Number 13713
31 Bottleneck 9453
32 Buffer Stock 59107
33 Build to Stock 12887
34 Bullwhip Effect 9532
35 Business Logistics 25552
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12526
37 Capacity Management 40338
38 Capacity Utilization 14044
39 Capital Intensive 8354
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8668
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12071
42 Certified Supplier 8935
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9249
45 Co-managed Inventory 12417
46 Co-Packers 11724
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6817
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19689
50 Container Depot 10567
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19419
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12030
54 Contract Carrier 7297
55 Contract of Affreightment 11373
56 Control Charts 7925
57 Cost Flow 10224
58 Courier Service 15173
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11746
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44026
62 Date Code 18148
63 Days of Supply 19768
64 Dead on Arrival 9188
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7272
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8064
67 Detective Control 8871
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10821
70 Dispatching 24387
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34617
73 Distribution Metrics 9049
74 Distribution Planning 24145
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15159
76 Double Marginalization 52574
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22237
78 Dual 5412
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20553
80 Echelon Inventory 26131
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38205
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49554
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7574
84 Efficient Frontier 25390
85 Engineer-to-Order 31657
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16349
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8289
89 Ex Works 7803
90 Exception Rate 13428
91 Exponential smoothing 9790
92 External Growth 10023
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9386
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10284
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8708
97 Fishbone Diagram 14560
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26937
99 Flow Through Distribution 12265
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8130
 
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