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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 10510
2 3D Loading 6587
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21871
4 5 Point Annual Average 9245
5 5 Whys 22404
6 5S Program 8316
7 ABC Analysis 34497
8 ABC Inventory Control 17351
9 Abnormal Demand 24436
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7712
11 Activity Analysis 11557
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14724
13 Actual Demand 11258
14 Aggregate Planning 12289
15 Air Cargo 10164
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6698
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34941
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15376
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19364
20 Assembly Line 22624
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23051
22 Average Speed of Answer 26613
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23251
24 Batch Production 38545
25 Bill Discounting 14613
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11313
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7204
28 Blanket Release 10082
29 Bonded Warehouse 10115
30 Booking Number 13889
31 Bottleneck 9596
32 Buffer Stock 59472
33 Build to Stock 13073
34 Bullwhip Effect 9736
35 Business Logistics 25858
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12626
37 Capacity Management 40801
38 Capacity Utilization 14175
39 Capital Intensive 8492
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8826
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12205
42 Certified Supplier 9008
43 Channel Effectiveness 8980
44 Co-Destiny 9357
45 Co-managed Inventory 12626
46 Co-Packers 11832
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6936
48 Computer-Based Training 7738
49 Consular Invoice 19898
50 Container Depot 10658
51 Container Freight Station 10315
52 Continuous Replenishment 19628
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12137
54 Contract Carrier 7352
55 Contract of Affreightment 11467
56 Control Charts 8010
57 Cost Flow 10337
58 Courier Service 15311
59 CPFR 8273
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11862
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44304
62 Date Code 18338
63 Days of Supply 19918
64 Dead on Arrival 9403
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7356
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8174
67 Detective Control 8965
68 Devanning 14273
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11025
70 Dispatching 24637
71 Distributed Inventory 8410
72 Distribution Channel Management 34930
73 Distribution Metrics 9209
74 Distribution Planning 24274
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15305
76 Double Marginalization 52863
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22466
78 Dual 5480
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20684
80 Echelon Inventory 26281
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38334
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49922
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7669
84 Efficient Frontier 25587
85 Engineer-to-Order 31852
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16635
87 Erlang B Formula 9402
88 ETD 8377
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13569
91 Exponential smoothing 9872
92 External Growth 10145
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9574
94 Field Services 7781
95 Field Warehouse 10680
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8860
97 Fishbone Diagram 14677
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27165
99 Flow Through Distribution 12379
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8240
 
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