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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 10508
2 3D Loading 6587
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21871
4 5 Point Annual Average 9245
5 5 Whys 22402
6 5S Program 8314
7 ABC Analysis 34494
8 ABC Inventory Control 17348
9 Abnormal Demand 24435
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7710
11 Activity Analysis 11555
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14723
13 Actual Demand 11257
14 Aggregate Planning 12288
15 Air Cargo 10161
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6696
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34938
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15375
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19362
20 Assembly Line 22621
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23050
22 Average Speed of Answer 26613
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23250
24 Batch Production 38545
25 Bill Discounting 14613
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11311
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7202
28 Blanket Release 10082
29 Bonded Warehouse 10115
30 Booking Number 13888
31 Bottleneck 9594
32 Buffer Stock 59470
33 Build to Stock 13072
34 Bullwhip Effect 9735
35 Business Logistics 25855
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12625
37 Capacity Management 40797
38 Capacity Utilization 14174
39 Capital Intensive 8492
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8825
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12205
42 Certified Supplier 9008
43 Channel Effectiveness 8980
44 Co-Destiny 9356
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11831
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6935
48 Computer-Based Training 7738
49 Consular Invoice 19897
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 11466
56 Control Charts 8008
57 Cost Flow 10336
58 Courier Service 15311
59 CPFR 8273
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11862
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44302
62 Date Code 18336
63 Days of Supply 19917
64 Dead on Arrival 9402
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7355
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8174
67 Detective Control 8963
68 Devanning 14273
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11025
70 Dispatching 24636
71 Distributed Inventory 8410
72 Distribution Channel Management 34928
73 Distribution Metrics 9206
74 Distribution Planning 24272
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15303
76 Double Marginalization 52862
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22462
78 Dual 5480
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20682
80 Echelon Inventory 26277
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38334
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49917
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7668
84 Efficient Frontier 25587
85 Engineer-to-Order 31848
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16633
87 Erlang B Formula 9401
88 ETD 8376
89 Ex Works 7878
90 Exception Rate 13568
91 Exponential smoothing 9872
92 External Growth 10144
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9573
94 Field Services 7780
95 Field Warehouse 10677
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8859
97 Fishbone Diagram 14675
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27164
99 Flow Through Distribution 12379
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8238
 
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