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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 10540
2 3D Loading 6608
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21902
4 5 Point Annual Average 9266
5 5 Whys 22427
6 5S Program 8338
7 ABC Analysis 34559
8 ABC Inventory Control 17385
9 Abnormal Demand 24461
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7737
11 Activity Analysis 11577
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14789
13 Actual Demand 11269
14 Aggregate Planning 12309
15 Air Cargo 10191
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6724
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34968
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15390
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19393
20 Assembly Line 22695
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23084
22 Average Speed of Answer 26631
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23292
24 Batch Production 38609
25 Bill Discounting 14656
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11339
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7225
28 Blanket Release 10106
29 Bonded Warehouse 10141
30 Booking Number 13928
31 Bottleneck 9629
32 Buffer Stock 59528
33 Build to Stock 13096
34 Bullwhip Effect 9775
35 Business Logistics 25913
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12649
37 Capacity Management 40887
38 Capacity Utilization 14214
39 Capital Intensive 8523
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8864
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12223
42 Certified Supplier 9028
43 Channel Effectiveness 9006
44 Co-Destiny 9383
45 Co-managed Inventory 12654
46 Co-Packers 11858
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6961
48 Computer-Based Training 7759
49 Consular Invoice 19937
50 Container Depot 10679
51 Container Freight Station 10335
52 Continuous Replenishment 19654
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12162
54 Contract Carrier 7363
55 Contract of Affreightment 11491
56 Control Charts 8026
57 Cost Flow 10358
58 Courier Service 15350
59 CPFR 8292
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11888
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44366
62 Date Code 18388
63 Days of Supply 19949
64 Dead on Arrival 9430
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7379
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8200
67 Detective Control 8990
68 Devanning 14298
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11055
70 Dispatching 24693
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35003
73 Distribution Metrics 9246
74 Distribution Planning 24307
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15340
76 Double Marginalization 52905
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22494
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20714
80 Echelon Inventory 26317
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38370
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49993
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7689
84 Efficient Frontier 25631
85 Engineer-to-Order 31887
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16677
87 Erlang B Formula 9424
88 ETD 8398
89 Ex Works 7890
90 Exception Rate 13605
91 Exponential smoothing 9896
92 External Growth 10171
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9596
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10771
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8893
97 Fishbone Diagram 14698
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27218
99 Flow Through Distribution 12408
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8266
 
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