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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 10289
2 3D Loading 6493
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21719
4 5 Point Annual Average 9145
5 5 Whys 22289
6 5S Program 8226
7 ABC Analysis 34196
8 ABC Inventory Control 17200
9 Abnormal Demand 24301
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7620
11 Activity Analysis 11437
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14438
13 Actual Demand 11158
14 Aggregate Planning 12085
15 Air Cargo 10019
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6602
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34786
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15302
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19134
20 Assembly Line 22221
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22910
22 Average Speed of Answer 26514
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23022
24 Batch Production 38220
25 Bill Discounting 14441
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11135
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7098
28 Blanket Release 9957
29 Bonded Warehouse 10022
30 Booking Number 13703
31 Bottleneck 9447
32 Buffer Stock 59082
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9517
35 Business Logistics 25531
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12518
37 Capacity Management 40309
38 Capacity Utilization 14029
39 Capital Intensive 8344
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8656
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12062
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8889
44 Co-Destiny 9240
45 Co-managed Inventory 12409
46 Co-Packers 11716
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6807
48 Computer-Based Training 7650
49 Consular Invoice 19672
50 Container Depot 10560
51 Container Freight Station 10241
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12023
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11365
56 Control Charts 7916
57 Cost Flow 10217
58 Courier Service 15164
59 CPFR 8171
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11731
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44005
62 Date Code 18134
63 Days of Supply 19758
64 Dead on Arrival 9178
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7263
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8055
67 Detective Control 8865
68 Devanning 14169
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10816
70 Dispatching 24360
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34589
73 Distribution Metrics 9035
74 Distribution Planning 24135
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15146
76 Double Marginalization 52558
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22227
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20540
80 Echelon Inventory 26116
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38197
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49523
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7569
84 Efficient Frontier 25373
85 Engineer-to-Order 31646
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16331
87 Erlang B Formula 9304
88 ETD 8282
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13417
91 Exponential smoothing 9781
92 External Growth 10016
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9377
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10231
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8703
97 Fishbone Diagram 14552
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26923
99 Flow Through Distribution 12256
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8120
 
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