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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 11603
2 3D Loading 7106
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22679
4 5 Point Annual Average 9987
5 5 Whys 23235
6 5S Program 8969
7 ABC Analysis 35813
8 ABC Inventory Control 18224
9 Abnormal Demand 25188
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 8360
11 Activity Analysis 12238
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 16637
13 Actual Demand 11922
14 Aggregate Planning 12934
15 Air Cargo 10866
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 7409
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35786
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15926
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 20270
20 Assembly Line 24324
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23850
22 Average Speed of Answer 27296
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 24302
24 Batch Production 40013
25 Bill Discounting 15486
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 12225
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7806
28 Blanket Release 10799
29 Bonded Warehouse 10772
30 Booking Number 15026
31 Bottleneck 10513
32 Buffer Stock 61061
33 Build to Stock 13810
34 Bullwhip Effect 10617
35 Business Logistics 27228
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 13248
37 Capacity Management 44288
38 Capacity Utilization 15381
39 Capital Intensive 9235
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9815
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12974
42 Certified Supplier 9577
43 Channel Effectiveness 9611
44 Co-Destiny 9932
45 Co-managed Inventory 13416
46 Co-Packers 12542
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7752
48 Computer-Based Training 8350
49 Consular Invoice 20918
50 Container Depot 11314
51 Container Freight Station 10960
52 Continuous Replenishment 20359
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12865
54 Contract Carrier 7855
55 Contract of Affreightment 12103
56 Control Charts 8634
57 Cost Flow 10915
58 Courier Service 16067
59 CPFR 8917
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12549
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 46317
62 Date Code 19683
63 Days of Supply 20696
64 Dead on Arrival 10237
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7962
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8835
67 Detective Control 9623
68 Devanning 15014
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11762
70 Dispatching 25934
71 Distributed Inventory 8923
72 Distribution Channel Management 36837
73 Distribution Metrics 10160
74 Distribution Planning 25162
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 16250
76 Double Marginalization 54167
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 23399
78 Dual 6044
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 21386
80 Echelon Inventory 27242
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 39671
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 51601
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 8326
84 Efficient Frontier 26776
85 Engineer-to-Order 32999
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17711
87 Erlang B Formula 10007
88 ETD 9012
89 Ex Works 8528
90 Exception Rate 14456
91 Exponential smoothing 10405
92 External Growth 10874
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 10324
94 Field Services 8342
95 Field Warehouse 12439
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9960
97 Fishbone Diagram 15347
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 28517
99 Flow Through Distribution 13231
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8937
 
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