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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 10483
2 3D Loading 6568
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21842
4 5 Point Annual Average 9223
5 5 Whys 22381
6 5S Program 8297
7 ABC Analysis 34440
8 ABC Inventory Control 17313
9 Abnormal Demand 24409
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7697
11 Activity Analysis 11544
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14676
13 Actual Demand 11245
14 Aggregate Planning 12273
15 Air Cargo 10128
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6685
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34916
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15364
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19341
20 Assembly Line 22556
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23028
22 Average Speed of Answer 26595
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23208
24 Batch Production 38488
25 Bill Discounting 14593
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11282
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7184
28 Blanket Release 10061
29 Bonded Warehouse 10097
30 Booking Number 13861
31 Bottleneck 9571
32 Buffer Stock 59413
33 Build to Stock 13056
34 Bullwhip Effect 9711
35 Business Logistics 25821
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12605
37 Capacity Management 40710
38 Capacity Utilization 14156
39 Capital Intensive 8462
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8798
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12182
42 Certified Supplier 8993
43 Channel Effectiveness 8963
44 Co-Destiny 9335
45 Co-managed Inventory 12606
46 Co-Packers 11815
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6918
48 Computer-Based Training 7721
49 Consular Invoice 19863
50 Container Depot 10642
51 Container Freight Station 10306
52 Continuous Replenishment 19609
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12123
54 Contract Carrier 7343
55 Contract of Affreightment 11451
56 Control Charts 7989
57 Cost Flow 10312
58 Courier Service 15288
59 CPFR 8262
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11841
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44254
62 Date Code 18304
63 Days of Supply 19891
64 Dead on Arrival 9372
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7342
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8153
67 Detective Control 8943
68 Devanning 14248
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11005
70 Dispatching 24601
71 Distributed Inventory 8392
72 Distribution Channel Management 34867
73 Distribution Metrics 9177
74 Distribution Planning 24248
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15276
76 Double Marginalization 52828
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22437
78 Dual 5468
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20658
80 Echelon Inventory 26254
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38311
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49848
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7651
84 Efficient Frontier 25561
85 Engineer-to-Order 31818
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16598
87 Erlang B Formula 9382
88 ETD 8361
89 Ex Works 7863
90 Exception Rate 13540
91 Exponential smoothing 9854
92 External Growth 10121
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9554
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10614
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8828
97 Fishbone Diagram 14651
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27127
99 Flow Through Distribution 12356
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8215
 
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