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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 10268
2 3D Loading 6479
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21695
4 5 Point Annual Average 9129
5 5 Whys 22275
6 5S Program 8215
7 ABC Analysis 34141
8 ABC Inventory Control 17184
9 Abnormal Demand 24282
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7611
11 Activity Analysis 11420
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14396
13 Actual Demand 11140
14 Aggregate Planning 12070
15 Air Cargo 9999
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6584
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34757
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15295
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19109
20 Assembly Line 22154
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22886
22 Average Speed of Answer 26505
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22986
24 Batch Production 38159
25 Bill Discounting 14408
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11116
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7082
28 Blanket Release 9941
29 Bonded Warehouse 10007
30 Booking Number 13677
31 Bottleneck 9431
32 Buffer Stock 58998
33 Build to Stock 12866
34 Bullwhip Effect 9494
35 Business Logistics 25484
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12498
37 Capacity Management 40232
38 Capacity Utilization 14001
39 Capital Intensive 8323
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8625
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12047
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8878
44 Co-Destiny 9216
45 Co-managed Inventory 12391
46 Co-Packers 11700
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6794
48 Computer-Based Training 7636
49 Consular Invoice 19638
50 Container Depot 10546
51 Container Freight Station 10233
52 Continuous Replenishment 19391
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12003
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11343
56 Control Charts 7902
57 Cost Flow 10205
58 Courier Service 15134
59 CPFR 8156
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11718
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43954
62 Date Code 18102
63 Days of Supply 19733
64 Dead on Arrival 9150
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7247
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8040
67 Detective Control 8850
68 Devanning 14154
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10795
70 Dispatching 24306
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34536
73 Distribution Metrics 9013
74 Distribution Planning 24113
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15117
76 Double Marginalization 52523
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22209
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20523
80 Echelon Inventory 26087
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38178
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49467
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7556
84 Efficient Frontier 25341
85 Engineer-to-Order 31614
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16298
87 Erlang B Formula 9281
88 ETD 8267
89 Ex Works 7786
90 Exception Rate 13393
91 Exponential smoothing 9770
92 External Growth 9998
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9363
94 Field Services 7698
95 Field Warehouse 10125
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8681
97 Fishbone Diagram 14529
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26882
99 Flow Through Distribution 12239
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8102
 
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