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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 10418
2 3D Loading 6534
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21790
4 5 Point Annual Average 9189
5 5 Whys 22343
6 5S Program 8270
7 ABC Analysis 34332
8 ABC Inventory Control 17266
9 Abnormal Demand 24365
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7667
11 Activity Analysis 11490
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14591
13 Actual Demand 11206
14 Aggregate Planning 12233
15 Air Cargo 10076
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6650
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34869
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15337
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19295
20 Assembly Line 22415
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22975
22 Average Speed of Answer 26562
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23125
24 Batch Production 38381
25 Bill Discounting 14530
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11228
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7150
28 Blanket Release 10019
29 Bonded Warehouse 10064
30 Booking Number 13792
31 Bottleneck 9518
32 Buffer Stock 59246
33 Build to Stock 13018
34 Bullwhip Effect 9675
35 Business Logistics 25730
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12570
37 Capacity Management 40519
38 Capacity Utilization 14109
39 Capital Intensive 8410
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8739
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12133
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8930
44 Co-Destiny 9300
45 Co-managed Inventory 12562
46 Co-Packers 11775
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6876
48 Computer-Based Training 7694
49 Consular Invoice 19784
50 Container Depot 10609
51 Container Freight Station 10276
52 Continuous Replenishment 19561
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12079
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11418
56 Control Charts 7964
57 Cost Flow 10275
58 Courier Service 15235
59 CPFR 8223
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11802
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44152
62 Date Code 18231
63 Days of Supply 19838
64 Dead on Arrival 9323
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7311
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8108
67 Detective Control 8911
68 Devanning 14211
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10956
70 Dispatching 24517
71 Distributed Inventory 8357
72 Distribution Channel Management 34748
73 Distribution Metrics 9117
74 Distribution Planning 24201
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15216
76 Double Marginalization 52734
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22380
78 Dual 5442
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20613
80 Echelon Inventory 26205
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38269
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49730
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7616
84 Efficient Frontier 25484
85 Engineer-to-Order 31741
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16523
87 Erlang B Formula 9348
88 ETD 8333
89 Ex Works 7835
90 Exception Rate 13494
91 Exponential smoothing 9830
92 External Growth 10075
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9519
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10457
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8762
97 Fishbone Diagram 14607
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27036
99 Flow Through Distribution 12309
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8178
 
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