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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 10558
2 3D Loading 6616
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21915
4 5 Point Annual Average 9274
5 5 Whys 22436
6 5S Program 8349
7 ABC Analysis 34599
8 ABC Inventory Control 17401
9 Abnormal Demand 24477
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7748
11 Activity Analysis 11593
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14835
13 Actual Demand 11279
14 Aggregate Planning 12323
15 Air Cargo 10212
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6733
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34985
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15399
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19405
20 Assembly Line 22735
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23107
22 Average Speed of Answer 26642
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23315
24 Batch Production 38652
25 Bill Discounting 14675
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11355
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7234
28 Blanket Release 10120
29 Bonded Warehouse 10150
30 Booking Number 13958
31 Bottleneck 9651
32 Buffer Stock 59569
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9795
35 Business Logistics 25959
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12659
37 Capacity Management 40954
38 Capacity Utilization 14232
39 Capital Intensive 8536
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8882
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12238
42 Certified Supplier 9037
43 Channel Effectiveness 9015
44 Co-Destiny 9393
45 Co-managed Inventory 12670
46 Co-Packers 11869
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6976
48 Computer-Based Training 7767
49 Consular Invoice 19956
50 Container Depot 10690
51 Container Freight Station 10343
52 Continuous Replenishment 19664
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12174
54 Contract Carrier 7370
55 Contract of Affreightment 11503
56 Control Charts 8035
57 Cost Flow 10369
58 Courier Service 15366
59 CPFR 8305
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11900
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44410
62 Date Code 18432
63 Days of Supply 19967
64 Dead on Arrival 9448
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7391
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8211
67 Detective Control 9004
68 Devanning 14311
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11069
70 Dispatching 24722
71 Distributed Inventory 8440
72 Distribution Channel Management 35045
73 Distribution Metrics 9264
74 Distribution Planning 24327
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15364
76 Double Marginalization 52945
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22511
78 Dual 5498
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20724
80 Echelon Inventory 26347
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38388
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50043
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7699
84 Efficient Frontier 25654
85 Engineer-to-Order 31911
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16706
87 Erlang B Formula 9435
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7902
90 Exception Rate 13623
91 Exponential smoothing 9909
92 External Growth 10184
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9612
94 Field Services 7801
95 Field Warehouse 10834
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8913
97 Fishbone Diagram 14716
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27245
99 Flow Through Distribution 12426
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8282
 
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