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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 10387
2 3D Loading 6528
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21776
4 5 Point Annual Average 9182
5 5 Whys 22332
6 5S Program 8262
7 ABC Analysis 34300
8 ABC Inventory Control 17254
9 Abnormal Demand 24352
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7657
11 Activity Analysis 11483
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14565
13 Actual Demand 11200
14 Aggregate Planning 12194
15 Air Cargo 10067
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6645
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34854
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15329
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19252
20 Assembly Line 22373
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22961
22 Average Speed of Answer 26556
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23106
24 Batch Production 38343
25 Bill Discounting 14512
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11217
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7137
28 Blanket Release 10006
29 Bonded Warehouse 10055
30 Booking Number 13772
31 Bottleneck 9510
32 Buffer Stock 59207
33 Build to Stock 12977
34 Bullwhip Effect 9633
35 Business Logistics 25681
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12565
37 Capacity Management 40466
38 Capacity Utilization 14091
39 Capital Intensive 8401
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8724
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12120
42 Certified Supplier 8963
43 Channel Effectiveness 8922
44 Co-Destiny 9291
45 Co-managed Inventory 12523
46 Co-Packers 11760
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6864
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19762
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19517
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7317
55 Contract of Affreightment 11404
56 Control Charts 7957
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15221
59 CPFR 8214
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11789
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44126
62 Date Code 18208
63 Days of Supply 19823
64 Dead on Arrival 9285
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7304
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8099
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14205
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10916
70 Dispatching 24484
71 Distributed Inventory 8350
72 Distribution Channel Management 34710
73 Distribution Metrics 9100
74 Distribution Planning 24188
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15203
76 Double Marginalization 52681
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22340
78 Dual 5438
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20597
80 Echelon Inventory 26191
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38251
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49692
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7609
84 Efficient Frontier 25459
85 Engineer-to-Order 31721
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16466
87 Erlang B Formula 9341
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13480
91 Exponential smoothing 9825
92 External Growth 10067
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9474
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10422
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8748
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27007
99 Flow Through Distribution 12302
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8168
 
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