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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 10486
2 3D Loading 6572
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21846
4 5 Point Annual Average 9228
5 5 Whys 22387
6 5S Program 8300
7 ABC Analysis 34455
8 ABC Inventory Control 17320
9 Abnormal Demand 24416
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7699
11 Activity Analysis 11547
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14690
13 Actual Demand 11247
14 Aggregate Planning 12276
15 Air Cargo 10135
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6687
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34922
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15367
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19347
20 Assembly Line 22576
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23034
22 Average Speed of Answer 26600
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23219
24 Batch Production 38503
25 Bill Discounting 14598
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11292
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7189
28 Blanket Release 10067
29 Bonded Warehouse 10100
30 Booking Number 13866
31 Bottleneck 9575
32 Buffer Stock 59435
33 Build to Stock 13060
34 Bullwhip Effect 9716
35 Business Logistics 25829
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12611
37 Capacity Management 40731
38 Capacity Utilization 14160
39 Capital Intensive 8472
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8806
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12188
42 Certified Supplier 8997
43 Channel Effectiveness 8969
44 Co-Destiny 9338
45 Co-managed Inventory 12614
46 Co-Packers 11818
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6922
48 Computer-Based Training 7725
49 Consular Invoice 19872
50 Container Depot 10644
51 Container Freight Station 10307
52 Continuous Replenishment 19617
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12125
54 Contract Carrier 7344
55 Contract of Affreightment 11452
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10317
58 Courier Service 15296
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11844
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44269
62 Date Code 18312
63 Days of Supply 19896
64 Dead on Arrival 9380
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8155
67 Detective Control 8946
68 Devanning 14255
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11008
70 Dispatching 24608
71 Distributed Inventory 8396
72 Distribution Channel Management 34882
73 Distribution Metrics 9186
74 Distribution Planning 24253
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15283
76 Double Marginalization 52838
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22446
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26259
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38316
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49871
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7655
84 Efficient Frontier 25569
85 Engineer-to-Order 31832
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16609
87 Erlang B Formula 9388
88 ETD 8364
89 Ex Works 7865
90 Exception Rate 13545
91 Exponential smoothing 9859
92 External Growth 10127
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9559
94 Field Services 7769
95 Field Warehouse 10627
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8837
97 Fishbone Diagram 14658
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27136
99 Flow Through Distribution 12360
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8221
 
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