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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 10895
2 3D Loading 6780
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22197
4 5 Point Annual Average 9531
5 5 Whys 22703
6 5S Program 8534
7 ABC Analysis 35108
8 ABC Inventory Control 17709
9 Abnormal Demand 24773
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7964
11 Activity Analysis 11830
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15554
13 Actual Demand 11533
14 Aggregate Planning 12564
15 Air Cargo 10500
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6937
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35326
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15609
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19728
20 Assembly Line 23457
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23395
22 Average Speed of Answer 26888
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23698
24 Batch Production 39229
25 Bill Discounting 15012
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11690
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7453
28 Blanket Release 10380
29 Bonded Warehouse 10374
30 Booking Number 14388
31 Bottleneck 9972
32 Buffer Stock 60219
33 Build to Stock 13373
34 Bullwhip Effect 10112
35 Business Logistics 26448
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12863
37 Capacity Management 42126
38 Capacity Utilization 14675
39 Capital Intensive 8829
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9263
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12551
42 Certified Supplier 9230
43 Channel Effectiveness 9237
44 Co-Destiny 9601
45 Co-managed Inventory 12976
46 Co-Packers 12089
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7254
48 Computer-Based Training 7961
49 Consular Invoice 20389
50 Container Depot 10884
51 Container Freight Station 10553
52 Continuous Replenishment 19956
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12442
54 Contract Carrier 7528
55 Contract of Affreightment 11738
56 Control Charts 8279
57 Cost Flow 10593
58 Courier Service 15628
59 CPFR 8515
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12153
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 45190
62 Date Code 18984
63 Days of Supply 20258
64 Dead on Arrival 9743
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7596
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8458
67 Detective Control 9269
68 Devanning 14559
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11340
70 Dispatching 25334
71 Distributed Inventory 8627
72 Distribution Channel Management 35665
73 Distribution Metrics 9624
74 Distribution Planning 24646
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15702
76 Double Marginalization 53416
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22871
78 Dual 5698
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20965
80 Echelon Inventory 26800
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38787
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50815
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7914
84 Efficient Frontier 26122
85 Engineer-to-Order 32366
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17193
87 Erlang B Formula 9660
88 ETD 8611
89 Ex Works 8095
90 Exception Rate 13947
91 Exponential smoothing 10096
92 External Growth 10445
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9906
94 Field Services 8018
95 Field Warehouse 11966
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9318
97 Fishbone Diagram 14992
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27764
99 Flow Through Distribution 12736
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8543
 
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