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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 11546
2 3D Loading 7067
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22638
4 5 Point Annual Average 9933
5 5 Whys 23184
6 5S Program 8915
7 ABC Analysis 35737
8 ABC Inventory Control 18185
9 Abnormal Demand 25151
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 8312
11 Activity Analysis 12206
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 16528
13 Actual Demand 11884
14 Aggregate Planning 12897
15 Air Cargo 10833
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 7344
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35745
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15891
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 20218
20 Assembly Line 24244
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23818
22 Average Speed of Answer 27261
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 24235
24 Batch Production 39946
25 Bill Discounting 15436
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 12166
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7770
28 Blanket Release 10753
29 Bonded Warehouse 10731
30 Booking Number 14968
31 Bottleneck 10472
32 Buffer Stock 60992
33 Build to Stock 13761
34 Bullwhip Effect 10565
35 Business Logistics 27137
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 13202
37 Capacity Management 44138
38 Capacity Utilization 15323
39 Capital Intensive 9199
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9757
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12933
42 Certified Supplier 9532
43 Channel Effectiveness 9573
44 Co-Destiny 9893
45 Co-managed Inventory 13370
46 Co-Packers 12483
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7702
48 Computer-Based Training 8312
49 Consular Invoice 20871
50 Container Depot 11265
51 Container Freight Station 10922
52 Continuous Replenishment 20315
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12829
54 Contract Carrier 7816
55 Contract of Affreightment 12057
56 Control Charts 8595
57 Cost Flow 10879
58 Courier Service 16024
59 CPFR 8875
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12507
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 46220
62 Date Code 19614
63 Days of Supply 20639
64 Dead on Arrival 10198
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7922
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8789
67 Detective Control 9586
68 Devanning 14933
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11721
70 Dispatching 25857
71 Distributed Inventory 8886
72 Distribution Channel Management 36739
73 Distribution Metrics 10115
74 Distribution Planning 25119
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 16189
76 Double Marginalization 54100
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 23346
78 Dual 6013
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 21338
80 Echelon Inventory 27202
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 39575
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 51527
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 8294
84 Efficient Frontier 26717
85 Engineer-to-Order 32937
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17651
87 Erlang B Formula 9963
88 ETD 8972
89 Ex Works 8496
90 Exception Rate 14411
91 Exponential smoothing 10364
92 External Growth 10842
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 10277
94 Field Services 8303
95 Field Warehouse 12387
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9892
97 Fishbone Diagram 15302
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 28438
99 Flow Through Distribution 13191
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8902
 
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