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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 10620
2 3D Loading 6651
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21973
4 5 Point Annual Average 9323
5 5 Whys 22489
6 5S Program 8391
7 ABC Analysis 34740
8 ABC Inventory Control 17467
9 Abnormal Demand 24536
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7806
11 Activity Analysis 11648
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14965
13 Actual Demand 11325
14 Aggregate Planning 12384
15 Air Cargo 10285
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6779
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35056
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15437
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19486
20 Assembly Line 22874
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23166
22 Average Speed of Answer 26695
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23409
24 Batch Production 38801
25 Bill Discounting 14740
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11428
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7284
28 Blanket Release 10169
29 Bonded Warehouse 10201
30 Booking Number 14057
31 Bottleneck 9714
32 Buffer Stock 59682
33 Build to Stock 13154
34 Bullwhip Effect 9873
35 Business Logistics 26053
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12718
37 Capacity Management 41168
38 Capacity Utilization 14315
39 Capital Intensive 8595
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8956
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12301
42 Certified Supplier 9066
43 Channel Effectiveness 9066
44 Co-Destiny 9445
45 Co-managed Inventory 12735
46 Co-Packers 11921
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7027
48 Computer-Based Training 7807
49 Consular Invoice 20048
50 Container Depot 10739
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19732
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12222
54 Contract Carrier 7402
55 Contract of Affreightment 11557
56 Control Charts 8070
57 Cost Flow 10423
58 Courier Service 15423
59 CPFR 8346
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11953
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44567
62 Date Code 18550
63 Days of Supply 20028
64 Dead on Arrival 9507
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7438
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9066
68 Devanning 14354
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11127
70 Dispatching 24833
71 Distributed Inventory 8477
72 Distribution Channel Management 35161
73 Distribution Metrics 9344
74 Distribution Planning 24394
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15436
76 Double Marginalization 53042
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22585
78 Dual 5543
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20774
80 Echelon Inventory 26461
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38467
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50204
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7745
84 Efficient Frontier 25750
85 Engineer-to-Order 31994
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16822
87 Erlang B Formula 9477
88 ETD 8458
89 Ex Works 7945
90 Exception Rate 13686
91 Exponential smoothing 9947
92 External Growth 10242
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9673
94 Field Services 7836
95 Field Warehouse 11044
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8993
97 Fishbone Diagram 14781
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27358
99 Flow Through Distribution 12490
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8346
 
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