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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 10559
2 3D Loading 6617
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21918
4 5 Point Annual Average 9275
5 5 Whys 22437
6 5S Program 8350
7 ABC Analysis 34602
8 ABC Inventory Control 17402
9 Abnormal Demand 24478
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7749
11 Activity Analysis 11594
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14840
13 Actual Demand 11281
14 Aggregate Planning 12324
15 Air Cargo 10215
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6734
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34988
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15401
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19406
20 Assembly Line 22738
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23111
22 Average Speed of Answer 26644
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23318
24 Batch Production 38658
25 Bill Discounting 14678
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11355
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7235
28 Blanket Release 10121
29 Bonded Warehouse 10152
30 Booking Number 13960
31 Bottleneck 9654
32 Buffer Stock 59573
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9795
35 Business Logistics 25961
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12663
37 Capacity Management 40958
38 Capacity Utilization 14233
39 Capital Intensive 8539
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8883
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12241
42 Certified Supplier 9038
43 Channel Effectiveness 9016
44 Co-Destiny 9396
45 Co-managed Inventory 12671
46 Co-Packers 11869
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6979
48 Computer-Based Training 7768
49 Consular Invoice 19959
50 Container Depot 10692
51 Container Freight Station 10346
52 Continuous Replenishment 19665
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12176
54 Contract Carrier 7373
55 Contract of Affreightment 11505
56 Control Charts 8036
57 Cost Flow 10371
58 Courier Service 15366
59 CPFR 8308
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11901
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44413
62 Date Code 18434
63 Days of Supply 19969
64 Dead on Arrival 9450
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7393
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8213
67 Detective Control 9008
68 Devanning 14313
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11070
70 Dispatching 24724
71 Distributed Inventory 8442
72 Distribution Channel Management 35048
73 Distribution Metrics 9265
74 Distribution Planning 24328
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15364
76 Double Marginalization 52947
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22513
78 Dual 5501
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20726
80 Echelon Inventory 26349
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38390
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50049
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7700
84 Efficient Frontier 25656
85 Engineer-to-Order 31912
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16710
87 Erlang B Formula 9437
88 ETD 8411
89 Ex Works 7904
90 Exception Rate 13624
91 Exponential smoothing 9912
92 External Growth 10188
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9613
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10839
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8914
97 Fishbone Diagram 14717
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27251
99 Flow Through Distribution 12427
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8283
 
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