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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 10260
2 3D Loading 6474
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21681
4 5 Point Annual Average 9124
5 5 Whys 22274
6 5S Program 8208
7 ABC Analysis 34122
8 ABC Inventory Control 17176
9 Abnormal Demand 24271
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7602
11 Activity Analysis 11411
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14386
13 Actual Demand 11131
14 Aggregate Planning 12062
15 Air Cargo 9991
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6575
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34745
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15289
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19100
20 Assembly Line 22121
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22869
22 Average Speed of Answer 26496
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22967
24 Batch Production 38133
25 Bill Discounting 14393
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11108
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7072
28 Blanket Release 9932
29 Bonded Warehouse 9997
30 Booking Number 13662
31 Bottleneck 9423
32 Buffer Stock 58963
33 Build to Stock 12859
34 Bullwhip Effect 9484
35 Business Logistics 25472
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12486
37 Capacity Management 40205
38 Capacity Utilization 13988
39 Capital Intensive 8308
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8617
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12033
42 Certified Supplier 8916
43 Channel Effectiveness 8871
44 Co-Destiny 9210
45 Co-managed Inventory 12380
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6783
48 Computer-Based Training 7627
49 Consular Invoice 19616
50 Container Depot 10538
51 Container Freight Station 10227
52 Continuous Replenishment 19385
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11993
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11338
56 Control Charts 7898
57 Cost Flow 10196
58 Courier Service 15119
59 CPFR 8151
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11707
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43933
62 Date Code 18084
63 Days of Supply 19719
64 Dead on Arrival 9141
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7237
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8028
67 Detective Control 8844
68 Devanning 14145
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10787
70 Dispatching 24283
71 Distributed Inventory 8290
72 Distribution Channel Management 34524
73 Distribution Metrics 8998
74 Distribution Planning 24102
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15106
76 Double Marginalization 52511
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22195
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20507
80 Echelon Inventory 26074
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38167
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49448
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7546
84 Efficient Frontier 25320
85 Engineer-to-Order 31598
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16281
87 Erlang B Formula 9273
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7783
90 Exception Rate 13382
91 Exponential smoothing 9763
92 External Growth 9989
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7694
95 Field Warehouse 10079
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8672
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26869
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8091
 
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