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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 10313
2 3D Loading 6503
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21739
4 5 Point Annual Average 9158
5 5 Whys 22306
6 5S Program 8235
7 ABC Analysis 34227
8 ABC Inventory Control 17216
9 Abnormal Demand 24316
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7633
11 Activity Analysis 11455
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14491
13 Actual Demand 11174
14 Aggregate Planning 12098
15 Air Cargo 10032
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6617
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34809
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15311
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19155
20 Assembly Line 22267
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22925
22 Average Speed of Answer 26529
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23052
24 Batch Production 38266
25 Bill Discounting 14470
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11161
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7113
28 Blanket Release 9972
29 Bonded Warehouse 10033
30 Booking Number 13727
31 Bottleneck 9463
32 Buffer Stock 59128
33 Build to Stock 12892
34 Bullwhip Effect 9542
35 Business Logistics 25571
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12533
37 Capacity Management 40366
38 Capacity Utilization 14056
39 Capital Intensive 8365
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8682
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12085
42 Certified Supplier 8943
43 Channel Effectiveness 8897
44 Co-Destiny 9256
45 Co-managed Inventory 12427
46 Co-Packers 11729
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6826
48 Computer-Based Training 7663
49 Consular Invoice 19700
50 Container Depot 10575
51 Container Freight Station 10252
52 Continuous Replenishment 19426
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12037
54 Contract Carrier 7302
55 Contract of Affreightment 11377
56 Control Charts 7929
57 Cost Flow 10230
58 Courier Service 15180
59 CPFR 8182
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11754
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44050
62 Date Code 18160
63 Days of Supply 19781
64 Dead on Arrival 9195
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7275
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8878
68 Devanning 14179
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10829
70 Dispatching 24406
71 Distributed Inventory 8319
72 Distribution Channel Management 34640
73 Distribution Metrics 9061
74 Distribution Planning 24154
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15163
76 Double Marginalization 52590
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22244
78 Dual 5418
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20564
80 Echelon Inventory 26145
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38214
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49586
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7579
84 Efficient Frontier 25406
85 Engineer-to-Order 31676
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16363
87 Erlang B Formula 9313
88 ETD 8297
89 Ex Works 7808
90 Exception Rate 13436
91 Exponential smoothing 9796
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9395
94 Field Services 7719
95 Field Warehouse 10318
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8717
97 Fishbone Diagram 14567
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26952
99 Flow Through Distribution 12274
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8135
 
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