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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 10353
2 3D Loading 6519
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21766
4 5 Point Annual Average 9177
5 5 Whys 22325
6 5S Program 8255
7 ABC Analysis 34282
8 ABC Inventory Control 17243
9 Abnormal Demand 24342
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7650
11 Activity Analysis 11476
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14543
13 Actual Demand 11193
14 Aggregate Planning 12148
15 Air Cargo 10056
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6635
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34843
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15324
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19207
20 Assembly Line 22337
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22948
22 Average Speed of Answer 26548
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23089
24 Batch Production 38323
25 Bill Discounting 14503
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11199
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7128
28 Blanket Release 9993
29 Bonded Warehouse 10048
30 Booking Number 13756
31 Bottleneck 9493
32 Buffer Stock 59175
33 Build to Stock 12939
34 Bullwhip Effect 9588
35 Business Logistics 25632
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12555
37 Capacity Management 40431
38 Capacity Utilization 14080
39 Capital Intensive 8388
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8713
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12108
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8915
44 Co-Destiny 9279
45 Co-managed Inventory 12479
46 Co-Packers 11750
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6853
48 Computer-Based Training 7678
49 Consular Invoice 19746
50 Container Depot 10592
51 Container Freight Station 10268
52 Continuous Replenishment 19473
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12061
54 Contract Carrier 7310
55 Contract of Affreightment 11398
56 Control Charts 7950
57 Cost Flow 10253
58 Courier Service 15210
59 CPFR 8203
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11776
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44100
62 Date Code 18194
63 Days of Supply 19807
64 Dead on Arrival 9241
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7295
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8086
67 Detective Control 8892
68 Devanning 14196
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10872
70 Dispatching 24460
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34683
73 Distribution Metrics 9091
74 Distribution Planning 24175
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15193
76 Double Marginalization 52638
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22296
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20585
80 Echelon Inventory 26177
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38240
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49660
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7601
84 Efficient Frontier 25439
85 Engineer-to-Order 31712
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16421
87 Erlang B Formula 9330
88 ETD 8315
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13467
91 Exponential smoothing 9816
92 External Growth 10058
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9434
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10393
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8740
97 Fishbone Diagram 14586
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26994
99 Flow Through Distribution 12294
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8162
 
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