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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 10407
2 3D Loading 6532
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21786
4 5 Point Annual Average 9187
5 5 Whys 22341
6 5S Program 8269
7 ABC Analysis 34322
8 ABC Inventory Control 17261
9 Abnormal Demand 24360
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7665
11 Activity Analysis 11487
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14585
13 Actual Demand 11205
14 Aggregate Planning 12231
15 Air Cargo 10073
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6650
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34865
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15335
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19288
20 Assembly Line 22405
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22970
22 Average Speed of Answer 26560
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23116
24 Batch Production 38372
25 Bill Discounting 14524
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11225
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7145
28 Blanket Release 10014
29 Bonded Warehouse 10060
30 Booking Number 13784
31 Bottleneck 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59235
33 Build to Stock 13016
34 Bullwhip Effect 9671
35 Business Logistics 25722
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12568
37 Capacity Management 40506
38 Capacity Utilization 14104
39 Capital Intensive 8409
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8734
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12129
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8928
44 Co-Destiny 9298
45 Co-managed Inventory 12560
46 Co-Packers 11770
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6871
48 Computer-Based Training 7691
49 Consular Invoice 19778
50 Container Depot 10607
51 Container Freight Station 10275
52 Continuous Replenishment 19557
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12076
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11414
56 Control Charts 7962
57 Cost Flow 10274
58 Courier Service 15231
59 CPFR 8221
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11797
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44142
62 Date Code 18224
63 Days of Supply 19835
64 Dead on Arrival 9319
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8105
67 Detective Control 8909
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10952
70 Dispatching 24508
71 Distributed Inventory 8355
72 Distribution Channel Management 34740
73 Distribution Metrics 9113
74 Distribution Planning 24199
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15209
76 Double Marginalization 52724
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22376
78 Dual 5440
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20609
80 Echelon Inventory 26203
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38261
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49719
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25479
85 Engineer-to-Order 31736
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16510
87 Erlang B Formula 9345
88 ETD 8330
89 Ex Works 7834
90 Exception Rate 13490
91 Exponential smoothing 9829
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9513
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10446
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8757
97 Fishbone Diagram 14606
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27026
99 Flow Through Distribution 12307
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8174
 
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