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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 10354
2 3D Loading 6519
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21767
4 5 Point Annual Average 9178
5 5 Whys 22326
6 5S Program 8256
7 ABC Analysis 34283
8 ABC Inventory Control 17243
9 Abnormal Demand 24342
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7650
11 Activity Analysis 11476
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14545
13 Actual Demand 11194
14 Aggregate Planning 12150
15 Air Cargo 10056
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6635
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34843
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15324
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19209
20 Assembly Line 22339
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22948
22 Average Speed of Answer 26549
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23089
24 Batch Production 38325
25 Bill Discounting 14505
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11201
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7128
28 Blanket Release 9994
29 Bonded Warehouse 10048
30 Booking Number 13758
31 Bottleneck 9493
32 Buffer Stock 59178
33 Build to Stock 12941
34 Bullwhip Effect 9590
35 Business Logistics 25634
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12556
37 Capacity Management 40433
38 Capacity Utilization 14081
39 Capital Intensive 8388
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8713
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12109
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8915
44 Co-Destiny 9280
45 Co-managed Inventory 12481
46 Co-Packers 11750
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6854
48 Computer-Based Training 7680
49 Consular Invoice 19747
50 Container Depot 10592
51 Container Freight Station 10270
52 Continuous Replenishment 19475
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12062
54 Contract Carrier 7311
55 Contract of Affreightment 11398
56 Control Charts 7950
57 Cost Flow 10253
58 Courier Service 15211
59 CPFR 8203
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11777
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44101
62 Date Code 18194
63 Days of Supply 19807
64 Dead on Arrival 9244
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7295
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8086
67 Detective Control 8893
68 Devanning 14196
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10874
70 Dispatching 24463
71 Distributed Inventory 8341
72 Distribution Channel Management 34686
73 Distribution Metrics 9092
74 Distribution Planning 24176
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15194
76 Double Marginalization 52641
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22298
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20586
80 Echelon Inventory 26177
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38241
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49664
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7602
84 Efficient Frontier 25440
85 Engineer-to-Order 31712
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16423
87 Erlang B Formula 9331
88 ETD 8316
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13467
91 Exponential smoothing 9816
92 External Growth 10059
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9436
94 Field Services 7732
95 Field Warehouse 10394
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8740
97 Fishbone Diagram 14586
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26995
99 Flow Through Distribution 12294
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8163
 
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