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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 10265
2 3D Loading 6479
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21690
4 5 Point Annual Average 9128
5 5 Whys 22275
6 5S Program 8213
7 ABC Analysis 34137
8 ABC Inventory Control 17181
9 Abnormal Demand 24280
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7610
11 Activity Analysis 11419
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14393
13 Actual Demand 11136
14 Aggregate Planning 12068
15 Air Cargo 9997
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6582
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34754
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15292
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19108
20 Assembly Line 22141
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22878
22 Average Speed of Answer 26500
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22980
24 Batch Production 38148
25 Bill Discounting 14402
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11114
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7079
28 Blanket Release 9936
29 Bonded Warehouse 10003
30 Booking Number 13674
31 Bottleneck 9427
32 Buffer Stock 58985
33 Build to Stock 12864
34 Bullwhip Effect 9490
35 Business Logistics 25480
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12495
37 Capacity Management 40222
38 Capacity Utilization 13999
39 Capital Intensive 8317
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8623
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12042
42 Certified Supplier 8921
43 Channel Effectiveness 8875
44 Co-Destiny 9214
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11695
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6789
48 Computer-Based Training 7633
49 Consular Invoice 19629
50 Container Depot 10543
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19390
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11998
54 Contract Carrier 7287
55 Contract of Affreightment 11341
56 Control Charts 7900
57 Cost Flow 10201
58 Courier Service 15131
59 CPFR 8154
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11712
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43948
62 Date Code 18094
63 Days of Supply 19727
64 Dead on Arrival 9147
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7244
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8035
67 Detective Control 8847
68 Devanning 14153
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10793
70 Dispatching 24297
71 Distributed Inventory 8295
72 Distribution Channel Management 34532
73 Distribution Metrics 9009
74 Distribution Planning 24110
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15113
76 Double Marginalization 52520
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22205
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20518
80 Echelon Inventory 26083
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38173
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49461
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7554
84 Efficient Frontier 25332
85 Engineer-to-Order 31609
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16290
87 Erlang B Formula 9279
88 ETD 8265
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13389
91 Exponential smoothing 9767
92 External Growth 9994
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9361
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10105
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26880
99 Flow Through Distribution 12235
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8098
 
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