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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 10305
2 3D Loading 6499
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21729
4 5 Point Annual Average 9153
5 5 Whys 22296
6 5S Program 8232
7 ABC Analysis 34214
8 ABC Inventory Control 17210
9 Abnormal Demand 24310
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7628
11 Activity Analysis 11446
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14470
13 Actual Demand 11167
14 Aggregate Planning 12094
15 Air Cargo 10024
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6611
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34800
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15307
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19148
20 Assembly Line 22246
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22918
22 Average Speed of Answer 26524
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23037
24 Batch Production 38246
25 Bill Discounting 14457
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11148
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7107
28 Blanket Release 9966
29 Bonded Warehouse 10028
30 Booking Number 13714
31 Bottleneck 9454
32 Buffer Stock 59107
33 Build to Stock 12888
34 Bullwhip Effect 9533
35 Business Logistics 25556
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12527
37 Capacity Management 40341
38 Capacity Utilization 14044
39 Capital Intensive 8355
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8670
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12073
42 Certified Supplier 8935
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9250
45 Co-managed Inventory 12418
46 Co-Packers 11725
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6818
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19689
50 Container Depot 10568
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19419
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12031
54 Contract Carrier 7297
55 Contract of Affreightment 11373
56 Control Charts 7926
57 Cost Flow 10225
58 Courier Service 15173
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11746
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44030
62 Date Code 18150
63 Days of Supply 19769
64 Dead on Arrival 9188
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7272
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8065
67 Detective Control 8872
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10821
70 Dispatching 24388
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34618
73 Distribution Metrics 9053
74 Distribution Planning 24145
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15159
76 Double Marginalization 52577
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22237
78 Dual 5412
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20554
80 Echelon Inventory 26133
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38206
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49556
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7574
84 Efficient Frontier 25391
85 Engineer-to-Order 31659
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16351
87 Erlang B Formula 9309
88 ETD 8290
89 Ex Works 7803
90 Exception Rate 13430
91 Exponential smoothing 9791
92 External Growth 10024
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9387
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10288
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8710
97 Fishbone Diagram 14560
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26939
99 Flow Through Distribution 12265
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8130
 
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