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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 10500
2 3D Loading 6577
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21861
4 5 Point Annual Average 9237
5 5 Whys 22397
6 5S Program 8307
7 ABC Analysis 34470
8 ABC Inventory Control 17335
9 Abnormal Demand 24424
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7704
11 Activity Analysis 11552
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14702
13 Actual Demand 11252
14 Aggregate Planning 12281
15 Air Cargo 10147
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6691
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34928
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15370
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19356
20 Assembly Line 22595
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23041
22 Average Speed of Answer 26608
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23235
24 Batch Production 38519
25 Bill Discounting 14606
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11302
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7194
28 Blanket Release 10074
29 Bonded Warehouse 10106
30 Booking Number 13875
31 Bottleneck 9586
32 Buffer Stock 59452
33 Build to Stock 13067
34 Bullwhip Effect 9723
35 Business Logistics 25841
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12616
37 Capacity Management 40753
38 Capacity Utilization 14168
39 Capital Intensive 8478
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8817
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12194
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8973
44 Co-Destiny 9346
45 Co-managed Inventory 12618
46 Co-Packers 11827
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6929
48 Computer-Based Training 7730
49 Consular Invoice 19886
50 Container Depot 10649
51 Container Freight Station 10311
52 Continuous Replenishment 19622
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12130
54 Contract Carrier 7349
55 Contract of Affreightment 11460
56 Control Charts 7995
57 Cost Flow 10326
58 Courier Service 15302
59 CPFR 8266
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11849
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44280
62 Date Code 18324
63 Days of Supply 19907
64 Dead on Arrival 9391
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7350
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8164
67 Detective Control 8954
68 Devanning 14265
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11017
70 Dispatching 24619
71 Distributed Inventory 8402
72 Distribution Channel Management 34900
73 Distribution Metrics 9195
74 Distribution Planning 24262
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15291
76 Double Marginalization 52849
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22452
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20670
80 Echelon Inventory 26268
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38324
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49893
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7661
84 Efficient Frontier 25579
85 Engineer-to-Order 31840
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16621
87 Erlang B Formula 9393
88 ETD 8370
89 Ex Works 7870
90 Exception Rate 13553
91 Exponential smoothing 9864
92 External Growth 10135
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7775
95 Field Warehouse 10647
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14665
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27155
99 Flow Through Distribution 12369
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8228
 
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