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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 10621
2 3D Loading 6653
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21974
4 5 Point Annual Average 9325
5 5 Whys 22490
6 5S Program 8392
7 ABC Analysis 34740
8 ABC Inventory Control 17469
9 Abnormal Demand 24538
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7806
11 Activity Analysis 11648
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14966
13 Actual Demand 11326
14 Aggregate Planning 12385
15 Air Cargo 10285
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6779
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35057
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15437
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19487
20 Assembly Line 22877
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23166
22 Average Speed of Answer 26696
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23411
24 Batch Production 38802
25 Bill Discounting 14740
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11428
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7285
28 Blanket Release 10169
29 Bonded Warehouse 10201
30 Booking Number 14060
31 Bottleneck 9716
32 Buffer Stock 59685
33 Build to Stock 13155
34 Bullwhip Effect 9873
35 Business Logistics 26053
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12719
37 Capacity Management 41171
38 Capacity Utilization 14317
39 Capital Intensive 8597
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8957
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12303
42 Certified Supplier 9067
43 Channel Effectiveness 9066
44 Co-Destiny 9445
45 Co-managed Inventory 12735
46 Co-Packers 11921
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7028
48 Computer-Based Training 7807
49 Consular Invoice 20048
50 Container Depot 10740
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19733
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12225
54 Contract Carrier 7402
55 Contract of Affreightment 11557
56 Control Charts 8070
57 Cost Flow 10423
58 Courier Service 15425
59 CPFR 8348
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11955
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44572
62 Date Code 18553
63 Days of Supply 20030
64 Dead on Arrival 9508
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7439
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9067
68 Devanning 14356
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11127
70 Dispatching 24834
71 Distributed Inventory 8477
72 Distribution Channel Management 35163
73 Distribution Metrics 9348
74 Distribution Planning 24395
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15439
76 Double Marginalization 53043
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22587
78 Dual 5545
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20775
80 Echelon Inventory 26461
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38469
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50206
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7746
84 Efficient Frontier 25751
85 Engineer-to-Order 31997
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16822
87 Erlang B Formula 9477
88 ETD 8459
89 Ex Works 7945
90 Exception Rate 13687
91 Exponential smoothing 9948
92 External Growth 10243
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9674
94 Field Services 7837
95 Field Warehouse 11047
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8995
97 Fishbone Diagram 14781
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27360
99 Flow Through Distribution 12492
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8346
 
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