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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 10454
2 3D Loading 6551
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21814
4 5 Point Annual Average 9204
5 5 Whys 22363
6 5S Program 8285
7 ABC Analysis 34386
8 ABC Inventory Control 17291
9 Abnormal Demand 24387
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7682
11 Activity Analysis 11513
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14632
13 Actual Demand 11227
14 Aggregate Planning 12260
15 Air Cargo 10100
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6671
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34893
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15350
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19319
20 Assembly Line 22481
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23001
22 Average Speed of Answer 26579
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23168
24 Batch Production 38431
25 Bill Discounting 14560
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11250
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7167
28 Blanket Release 10045
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13826
31 Bottleneck 9546
32 Buffer Stock 59334
33 Build to Stock 13039
34 Bullwhip Effect 9696
35 Business Logistics 25776
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12587
37 Capacity Management 40606
38 Capacity Utilization 14131
39 Capital Intensive 8436
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8767
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12156
42 Certified Supplier 8979
43 Channel Effectiveness 8948
44 Co-Destiny 9320
45 Co-managed Inventory 12582
46 Co-Packers 11801
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6899
48 Computer-Based Training 7706
49 Consular Invoice 19828
50 Container Depot 10627
51 Container Freight Station 10295
52 Continuous Replenishment 19584
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12097
54 Contract Carrier 7329
55 Contract of Affreightment 11435
56 Control Charts 7979
57 Cost Flow 10293
58 Courier Service 15266
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11822
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44205
62 Date Code 18267
63 Days of Supply 19861
64 Dead on Arrival 9347
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7328
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8129
67 Detective Control 8928
68 Devanning 14230
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10985
70 Dispatching 24559
71 Distributed Inventory 8374
72 Distribution Channel Management 34798
73 Distribution Metrics 9144
74 Distribution Planning 24227
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15241
76 Double Marginalization 52784
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22405
78 Dual 5456
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20636
80 Echelon Inventory 26238
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38294
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49786
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7633
84 Efficient Frontier 25519
85 Engineer-to-Order 31785
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16556
87 Erlang B Formula 9365
88 ETD 8346
89 Ex Works 7849
90 Exception Rate 13516
91 Exponential smoothing 9844
92 External Growth 10098
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7757
95 Field Warehouse 10541
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8791
97 Fishbone Diagram 14629
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27073
99 Flow Through Distribution 12333
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8198
 
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