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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 10393
2 3D Loading 6529
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21776
4 5 Point Annual Average 9184
5 5 Whys 22334
6 5S Program 8264
7 ABC Analysis 34307
8 ABC Inventory Control 17255
9 Abnormal Demand 24356
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7659
11 Activity Analysis 11485
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14573
13 Actual Demand 11202
14 Aggregate Planning 12205
15 Air Cargo 10068
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6647
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34857
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15331
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19262
20 Assembly Line 22382
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22963
22 Average Speed of Answer 26558
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23107
24 Batch Production 38350
25 Bill Discounting 14516
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11218
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7140
28 Blanket Release 10008
29 Bonded Warehouse 10056
30 Booking Number 13775
31 Bottleneck 9515
32 Buffer Stock 59212
33 Build to Stock 12989
34 Bullwhip Effect 9645
35 Business Logistics 25694
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40479
38 Capacity Utilization 14092
39 Capital Intensive 8403
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8726
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12123
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8923
44 Co-Destiny 9293
45 Co-managed Inventory 12534
46 Co-Packers 11762
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6865
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19765
50 Container Depot 10603
51 Container Freight Station 10272
52 Continuous Replenishment 19529
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11408
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15225
59 CPFR 8215
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11792
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44130
62 Date Code 18214
63 Days of Supply 19827
64 Dead on Arrival 9296
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7306
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8101
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10927
70 Dispatching 24492
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34719
73 Distribution Metrics 9104
74 Distribution Planning 24190
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15204
76 Double Marginalization 52696
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22350
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20599
80 Echelon Inventory 26194
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38252
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49698
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25466
85 Engineer-to-Order 31726
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16478
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13482
91 Exponential smoothing 9827
92 External Growth 10068
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9485
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10427
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8750
97 Fishbone Diagram 14601
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27013
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8169
 
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