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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 10316
2 3D Loading 6503
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21740
4 5 Point Annual Average 9160
5 5 Whys 22308
6 5S Program 8237
7 ABC Analysis 34228
8 ABC Inventory Control 17217
9 Abnormal Demand 24317
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7636
11 Activity Analysis 11457
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14494
13 Actual Demand 11176
14 Aggregate Planning 12100
15 Air Cargo 10035
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6620
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34812
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15312
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19157
20 Assembly Line 22268
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22927
22 Average Speed of Answer 26531
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23055
24 Batch Production 38269
25 Bill Discounting 14472
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11162
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7115
28 Blanket Release 9973
29 Bonded Warehouse 10035
30 Booking Number 13729
31 Bottleneck 9466
32 Buffer Stock 59131
33 Build to Stock 12892
34 Bullwhip Effect 9542
35 Business Logistics 25573
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12533
37 Capacity Management 40369
38 Capacity Utilization 14057
39 Capital Intensive 8367
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8686
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12086
42 Certified Supplier 8943
43 Channel Effectiveness 8898
44 Co-Destiny 9259
45 Co-managed Inventory 12430
46 Co-Packers 11733
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6826
48 Computer-Based Training 7664
49 Consular Invoice 19701
50 Container Depot 10577
51 Container Freight Station 10253
52 Continuous Replenishment 19429
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12037
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11379
56 Control Charts 7931
57 Cost Flow 10232
58 Courier Service 15180
59 CPFR 8184
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11757
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44052
62 Date Code 18164
63 Days of Supply 19783
64 Dead on Arrival 9199
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7275
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8071
67 Detective Control 8879
68 Devanning 14179
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10830
70 Dispatching 24408
71 Distributed Inventory 8321
72 Distribution Channel Management 34641
73 Distribution Metrics 9063
74 Distribution Planning 24156
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15165
76 Double Marginalization 52592
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22246
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20565
80 Echelon Inventory 26148
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38216
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49590
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7581
84 Efficient Frontier 25407
85 Engineer-to-Order 31677
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16366
87 Erlang B Formula 9315
88 ETD 8300
89 Ex Works 7810
90 Exception Rate 13438
91 Exponential smoothing 9799
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9396
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10323
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8717
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26953
99 Flow Through Distribution 12276
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
 
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