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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 10611
2 3D Loading 6643
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21962
4 5 Point Annual Average 9315
5 5 Whys 22475
6 5S Program 8378
7 ABC Analysis 34713
8 ABC Inventory Control 17453
9 Abnormal Demand 24521
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7790
11 Activity Analysis 11638
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14938
13 Actual Demand 11316
14 Aggregate Planning 12365
15 Air Cargo 10270
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6769
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35041
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15429
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19471
20 Assembly Line 22846
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23156
22 Average Speed of Answer 26687
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23390
24 Batch Production 38767
25 Bill Discounting 14722
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11411
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7272
28 Blanket Release 10156
29 Bonded Warehouse 10191
30 Booking Number 14039
31 Bottleneck 9696
32 Buffer Stock 59663
33 Build to Stock 13144
34 Bullwhip Effect 9857
35 Business Logistics 26038
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12705
37 Capacity Management 41114
38 Capacity Utilization 14295
39 Capital Intensive 8580
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8939
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12288
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9052
44 Co-Destiny 9435
45 Co-managed Inventory 12724
46 Co-Packers 11913
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7012
48 Computer-Based Training 7798
49 Consular Invoice 20025
50 Container Depot 10725
51 Container Freight Station 10377
52 Continuous Replenishment 19718
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12210
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8063
57 Cost Flow 10414
58 Courier Service 15412
59 CPFR 8338
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11944
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44538
62 Date Code 18529
63 Days of Supply 20016
64 Dead on Arrival 9496
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7425
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8252
67 Detective Control 9052
68 Devanning 14348
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11115
70 Dispatching 24806
71 Distributed Inventory 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35139
73 Distribution Metrics 9324
74 Distribution Planning 24382
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15417
76 Double Marginalization 53016
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22566
78 Dual 5530
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20762
80 Echelon Inventory 26435
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38449
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50172
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25731
85 Engineer-to-Order 31975
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16802
87 Erlang B Formula 9469
88 ETD 8448
89 Ex Works 7932
90 Exception Rate 13671
91 Exponential smoothing 9938
92 External Growth 10231
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9660
94 Field Services 7830
95 Field Warehouse 10985
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8975
97 Fishbone Diagram 14764
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27332
99 Flow Through Distribution 12477
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8328
 
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