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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 10603
2 3D Loading 6637
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21951
4 5 Point Annual Average 9304
5 5 Whys 22469
6 5S Program 8372
7 ABC Analysis 34682
8 ABC Inventory Control 17440
9 Abnormal Demand 24511
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7780
11 Activity Analysis 11628
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14916
13 Actual Demand 11307
14 Aggregate Planning 12358
15 Air Cargo 10259
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6760
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35027
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15427
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19458
20 Assembly Line 22819
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23143
22 Average Speed of Answer 26676
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23374
24 Batch Production 38741
25 Bill Discounting 14710
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11392
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7266
28 Blanket Release 10150
29 Bonded Warehouse 10179
30 Booking Number 14021
31 Bottleneck 9687
32 Buffer Stock 59640
33 Build to Stock 13137
34 Bullwhip Effect 9843
35 Business Logistics 26020
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12696
37 Capacity Management 41078
38 Capacity Utilization 14280
39 Capital Intensive 8573
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8925
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12277
42 Certified Supplier 9055
43 Channel Effectiveness 9046
44 Co-Destiny 9428
45 Co-managed Inventory 12715
46 Co-Packers 11903
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7004
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20010
50 Container Depot 10719
51 Container Freight Station 10373
52 Continuous Replenishment 19708
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12203
54 Contract Carrier 7391
55 Contract of Affreightment 11542
56 Control Charts 8056
57 Cost Flow 10404
58 Courier Service 15400
59 CPFR 8331
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11931
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44514
62 Date Code 18514
63 Days of Supply 20004
64 Dead on Arrival 9483
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7418
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8245
67 Detective Control 9037
68 Devanning 14337
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11100
70 Dispatching 24785
71 Distributed Inventory 8465
72 Distribution Channel Management 35113
73 Distribution Metrics 9309
74 Distribution Planning 24369
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15406
76 Double Marginalization 53000
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22557
78 Dual 5522
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20752
80 Echelon Inventory 26419
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38437
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50141
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7728
84 Efficient Frontier 25716
85 Engineer-to-Order 31958
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16778
87 Erlang B Formula 9464
88 ETD 8439
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13660
91 Exponential smoothing 9932
92 External Growth 10220
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9644
94 Field Services 7824
95 Field Warehouse 10951
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8957
97 Fishbone Diagram 14754
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27307
99 Flow Through Distribution 12465
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8316
 
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