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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 11193
2 3D Loading 6857
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22359
4 5 Point Annual Average 9685
5 5 Whys 22897
6 5S Program 8714
7 ABC Analysis 35322
8 ABC Inventory Control 17909
9 Abnormal Demand 24913
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 8061
11 Activity Analysis 11984
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15872
13 Actual Demand 11656
14 Aggregate Planning 12698
15 Air Cargo 10607
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 7102
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35458
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15691
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19898
20 Assembly Line 23725
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23575
22 Average Speed of Answer 27039
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23875
24 Batch Production 39426
25 Bill Discounting 15140
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11817
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7549
28 Blanket Release 10506
29 Bonded Warehouse 10515
30 Booking Number 14619
31 Bottleneck 10159
32 Buffer Stock 60530
33 Build to Stock 13494
34 Bullwhip Effect 10226
35 Business Logistics 26652
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12955
37 Capacity Management 42786
38 Capacity Utilization 14904
39 Capital Intensive 8960
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9428
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12716
42 Certified Supplier 9334
43 Channel Effectiveness 9382
44 Co-Destiny 9684
45 Co-managed Inventory 13114
46 Co-Packers 12220
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7411
48 Computer-Based Training 8097
49 Consular Invoice 20610
50 Container Depot 11018
51 Container Freight Station 10693
52 Continuous Replenishment 20061
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12607
54 Contract Carrier 7615
55 Contract of Affreightment 11838
56 Control Charts 8379
57 Cost Flow 10684
58 Courier Service 15772
59 CPFR 8664
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12265
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 45610
62 Date Code 19215
63 Days of Supply 20379
64 Dead on Arrival 9947
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7719
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8550
67 Detective Control 9384
68 Devanning 14657
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11464
70 Dispatching 25504
71 Distributed Inventory 8711
72 Distribution Channel Management 36006
73 Distribution Metrics 9798
74 Distribution Planning 24846
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15880
76 Double Marginalization 53684
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 23069
78 Dual 5839
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 21076
80 Echelon Inventory 26963
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38958
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 51024
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 8094
84 Efficient Frontier 26374
85 Engineer-to-Order 32591
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17355
87 Erlang B Formula 9750
88 ETD 8728
89 Ex Works 8268
90 Exception Rate 14110
91 Exponential smoothing 10176
92 External Growth 10603
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 10016
94 Field Services 8107
95 Field Warehouse 12174
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9491
97 Fishbone Diagram 15103
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27970
99 Flow Through Distribution 12956
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8655
 
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