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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 10591
2 3D Loading 6632
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21939
4 5 Point Annual Average 9292
5 5 Whys 22461
6 5S Program 8366
7 ABC Analysis 34656
8 ABC Inventory Control 17428
9 Abnormal Demand 24497
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7768
11 Activity Analysis 11618
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14896
13 Actual Demand 11298
14 Aggregate Planning 12345
15 Air Cargo 10245
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6749
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35013
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15423
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19438
20 Assembly Line 22794
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23133
22 Average Speed of Answer 26666
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23358
24 Batch Production 38720
25 Bill Discounting 14698
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11383
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7252
28 Blanket Release 10139
29 Bonded Warehouse 10170
30 Booking Number 14000
31 Bottleneck 9678
32 Buffer Stock 59622
33 Build to Stock 13130
34 Bullwhip Effect 9821
35 Business Logistics 26003
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41047
38 Capacity Utilization 14268
39 Capital Intensive 8561
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8914
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12264
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9033
44 Co-Destiny 9417
45 Co-managed Inventory 12699
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6995
48 Computer-Based Training 7782
49 Consular Invoice 19989
50 Container Depot 10709
51 Container Freight Station 10361
52 Continuous Replenishment 19694
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12195
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11529
56 Control Charts 8048
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15389
59 CPFR 8322
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11916
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44478
62 Date Code 18500
63 Days of Supply 19993
64 Dead on Arrival 9474
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7407
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8236
67 Detective Control 9027
68 Devanning 14327
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11091
70 Dispatching 24770
71 Distributed Inventory 8457
72 Distribution Channel Management 35096
73 Distribution Metrics 9294
74 Distribution Planning 24358
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15393
76 Double Marginalization 52982
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22539
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26396
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38421
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50115
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25696
85 Engineer-to-Order 31948
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16759
87 Erlang B Formula 9458
88 ETD 8428
89 Ex Works 7921
90 Exception Rate 13652
91 Exponential smoothing 9925
92 External Growth 10205
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9631
94 Field Services 7815
95 Field Warehouse 10914
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8946
97 Fishbone Diagram 14741
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12452
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8306
 
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