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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 11513
2 3D Loading 7048
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22611
4 5 Point Annual Average 9899
5 5 Whys 23153
6 5S Program 8889
7 ABC Analysis 35690
8 ABC Inventory Control 18152
9 Abnormal Demand 25122
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 8279
11 Activity Analysis 12188
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 16428
13 Actual Demand 11863
14 Aggregate Planning 12875
15 Air Cargo 10811
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 7322
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35708
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15867
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 20179
20 Assembly Line 24179
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23790
22 Average Speed of Answer 27242
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 24208
24 Batch Production 39894
25 Bill Discounting 15408
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 12122
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7740
28 Blanket Release 10711
29 Bonded Warehouse 10708
30 Booking Number 14917
31 Bottleneck 10444
32 Buffer Stock 60946
33 Build to Stock 13741
34 Bullwhip Effect 10523
35 Business Logistics 27078
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 13181
37 Capacity Management 43967
38 Capacity Utilization 15291
39 Capital Intensive 9175
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9725
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12904
42 Certified Supplier 9513
43 Channel Effectiveness 9552
44 Co-Destiny 9864
45 Co-managed Inventory 13347
46 Co-Packers 12458
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7669
48 Computer-Based Training 8293
49 Consular Invoice 20844
50 Container Depot 11227
51 Container Freight Station 10886
52 Continuous Replenishment 20290
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12811
54 Contract Carrier 7794
55 Contract of Affreightment 12028
56 Control Charts 8560
57 Cost Flow 10860
58 Courier Service 15991
59 CPFR 8847
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12477
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 46153
62 Date Code 19559
63 Days of Supply 20615
64 Dead on Arrival 10165
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7901
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8756
67 Detective Control 9567
68 Devanning 14902
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11678
70 Dispatching 25802
71 Distributed Inventory 8871
72 Distribution Channel Management 36655
73 Distribution Metrics 10074
74 Distribution Planning 25096
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 16152
76 Double Marginalization 54052
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 23310
78 Dual 5991
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 21310
80 Echelon Inventory 27183
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 39497
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 51469
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 8270
84 Efficient Frontier 26682
85 Engineer-to-Order 32905
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17618
87 Erlang B Formula 9938
88 ETD 8939
89 Ex Works 8466
90 Exception Rate 14372
91 Exponential smoothing 10347
92 External Growth 10819
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 10245
94 Field Services 8268
95 Field Warehouse 12359
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9843
97 Fishbone Diagram 15285
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 28373
99 Flow Through Distribution 13158
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8882
 
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