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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 10615
2 3D Loading 6647
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21966
4 5 Point Annual Average 9319
5 5 Whys 22486
6 5S Program 8381
7 ABC Analysis 34725
8 ABC Inventory Control 17459
9 Abnormal Demand 24526
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7793
11 Activity Analysis 11645
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14955
13 Actual Demand 11319
14 Aggregate Planning 12372
15 Air Cargo 10275
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6771
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35049
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15432
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19482
20 Assembly Line 22857
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23163
22 Average Speed of Answer 26691
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23400
24 Batch Production 38783
25 Bill Discounting 14731
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11416
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7277
28 Blanket Release 10163
29 Bonded Warehouse 10196
30 Booking Number 14048
31 Bottleneck 9704
32 Buffer Stock 59673
33 Build to Stock 13150
34 Bullwhip Effect 9865
35 Business Logistics 26044
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12709
37 Capacity Management 41142
38 Capacity Utilization 14307
39 Capital Intensive 8585
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8947
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12295
42 Certified Supplier 9061
43 Channel Effectiveness 9055
44 Co-Destiny 9437
45 Co-managed Inventory 12730
46 Co-Packers 11917
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7017
48 Computer-Based Training 7803
49 Consular Invoice 20037
50 Container Depot 10732
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19724
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12212
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11550
56 Control Charts 8065
57 Cost Flow 10419
58 Courier Service 15416
59 CPFR 8341
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11948
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44554
62 Date Code 18540
63 Days of Supply 20020
64 Dead on Arrival 9502
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7431
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8257
67 Detective Control 9058
68 Devanning 14350
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11121
70 Dispatching 24820
71 Distributed Inventory 8472
72 Distribution Channel Management 35152
73 Distribution Metrics 9333
74 Distribution Planning 24388
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15420
76 Double Marginalization 53028
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22575
78 Dual 5535
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20768
80 Echelon Inventory 26452
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38458
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50189
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7738
84 Efficient Frontier 25738
85 Engineer-to-Order 31984
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16811
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8452
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13679
91 Exponential smoothing 9942
92 External Growth 10236
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9665
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11018
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8987
97 Fishbone Diagram 14767
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27347
99 Flow Through Distribution 12482
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8338
 
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