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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 10495
2 3D Loading 6573
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21854
4 5 Point Annual Average 9234
5 5 Whys 22395
6 5S Program 8305
7 ABC Analysis 34463
8 ABC Inventory Control 17330
9 Abnormal Demand 24420
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7701
11 Activity Analysis 11549
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14695
13 Actual Demand 11249
14 Aggregate Planning 12279
15 Air Cargo 10144
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6689
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34926
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15368
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19353
20 Assembly Line 22587
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23039
22 Average Speed of Answer 26604
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23229
24 Batch Production 38514
25 Bill Discounting 14603
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11300
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7191
28 Blanket Release 10073
29 Bonded Warehouse 10103
30 Booking Number 13871
31 Bottleneck 9579
32 Buffer Stock 59445
33 Build to Stock 13062
34 Bullwhip Effect 9721
35 Business Logistics 25837
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12613
37 Capacity Management 40744
38 Capacity Utilization 14165
39 Capital Intensive 8476
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8809
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12189
42 Certified Supplier 9000
43 Channel Effectiveness 8970
44 Co-Destiny 9342
45 Co-managed Inventory 12615
46 Co-Packers 11821
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6926
48 Computer-Based Training 7726
49 Consular Invoice 19877
50 Container Depot 10645
51 Container Freight Station 10309
52 Continuous Replenishment 19620
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12127
54 Contract Carrier 7348
55 Contract of Affreightment 11457
56 Control Charts 7994
57 Cost Flow 10321
58 Courier Service 15300
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11846
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44276
62 Date Code 18318
63 Days of Supply 19904
64 Dead on Arrival 9389
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8159
67 Detective Control 8952
68 Devanning 14261
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11013
70 Dispatching 24615
71 Distributed Inventory 8401
72 Distribution Channel Management 34892
73 Distribution Metrics 9190
74 Distribution Planning 24254
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15286
76 Double Marginalization 52843
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22449
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20665
80 Echelon Inventory 26263
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38318
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49880
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7657
84 Efficient Frontier 25574
85 Engineer-to-Order 31837
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16616
87 Erlang B Formula 9389
88 ETD 8368
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13549
91 Exponential smoothing 9862
92 External Growth 10129
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9563
94 Field Services 7772
95 Field Warehouse 10638
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8842
97 Fishbone Diagram 14661
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27146
99 Flow Through Distribution 12363
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8224
 
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