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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 10576
2 3D Loading 6629
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21930
4 5 Point Annual Average 9283
5 5 Whys 22450
6 5S Program 8360
7 ABC Analysis 34618
8 ABC Inventory Control 17413
9 Abnormal Demand 24489
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7760
11 Activity Analysis 11604
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14860
13 Actual Demand 11293
14 Aggregate Planning 12334
15 Air Cargo 10229
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6745
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34998
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15410
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19422
20 Assembly Line 22762
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23125
22 Average Speed of Answer 26655
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23337
24 Batch Production 38683
25 Bill Discounting 14688
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11365
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7241
28 Blanket Release 10132
29 Bonded Warehouse 10161
30 Booking Number 13979
31 Bottleneck 9670
32 Buffer Stock 59591
33 Build to Stock 13119
34 Bullwhip Effect 9810
35 Business Logistics 25984
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12675
37 Capacity Management 40994
38 Capacity Utilization 14245
39 Capital Intensive 8552
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8898
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12255
42 Certified Supplier 9046
43 Channel Effectiveness 9027
44 Co-Destiny 9407
45 Co-managed Inventory 12683
46 Co-Packers 11882
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6985
48 Computer-Based Training 7779
49 Consular Invoice 19972
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10354
52 Continuous Replenishment 19683
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12187
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11516
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10382
58 Courier Service 15381
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44436
62 Date Code 18469
63 Days of Supply 19980
64 Dead on Arrival 9462
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7401
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8227
67 Detective Control 9016
68 Devanning 14324
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11082
70 Dispatching 24742
71 Distributed Inventory 8453
72 Distribution Channel Management 35069
73 Distribution Metrics 9281
74 Distribution Planning 24347
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15378
76 Double Marginalization 52966
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22527
78 Dual 5507
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20737
80 Echelon Inventory 26368
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38404
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50075
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7714
84 Efficient Frontier 25676
85 Engineer-to-Order 31931
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16729
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8421
89 Ex Works 7914
90 Exception Rate 13641
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9623
94 Field Services 7809
95 Field Warehouse 10883
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8930
97 Fishbone Diagram 14729
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27273
99 Flow Through Distribution 12438
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8294
 
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