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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 10627
2 3D Loading 6655
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21980
4 5 Point Annual Average 9327
5 5 Whys 22494
6 5S Program 8393
7 ABC Analysis 34746
8 ABC Inventory Control 17476
9 Abnormal Demand 24541
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7807
11 Activity Analysis 11649
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14972
13 Actual Demand 11331
14 Aggregate Planning 12388
15 Air Cargo 10289
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6783
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35060
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15441
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19489
20 Assembly Line 22882
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23169
22 Average Speed of Answer 26700
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23416
24 Batch Production 38810
25 Bill Discounting 14741
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11431
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7287
28 Blanket Release 10172
29 Bonded Warehouse 10202
30 Booking Number 14065
31 Bottleneck 9720
32 Buffer Stock 59692
33 Build to Stock 13159
34 Bullwhip Effect 9875
35 Business Logistics 26058
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12720
37 Capacity Management 41186
38 Capacity Utilization 14322
39 Capital Intensive 8601
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8961
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12304
42 Certified Supplier 9068
43 Channel Effectiveness 9067
44 Co-Destiny 9448
45 Co-managed Inventory 12740
46 Co-Packers 11923
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7032
48 Computer-Based Training 7814
49 Consular Invoice 20052
50 Container Depot 10742
51 Container Freight Station 10386
52 Continuous Replenishment 19737
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12228
54 Contract Carrier 7405
55 Contract of Affreightment 11560
56 Control Charts 8074
57 Cost Flow 10428
58 Courier Service 15430
59 CPFR 8354
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11959
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44582
62 Date Code 18558
63 Days of Supply 20032
64 Dead on Arrival 9511
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7443
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8267
67 Detective Control 9069
68 Devanning 14361
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11131
70 Dispatching 24840
71 Distributed Inventory 8479
72 Distribution Channel Management 35171
73 Distribution Metrics 9350
74 Distribution Planning 24401
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15442
76 Double Marginalization 53048
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22589
78 Dual 5548
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20776
80 Echelon Inventory 26469
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38473
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50216
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7749
84 Efficient Frontier 25755
85 Engineer-to-Order 32001
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16826
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8461
89 Ex Works 7948
90 Exception Rate 13692
91 Exponential smoothing 9950
92 External Growth 10247
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9679
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11059
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14785
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27362
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8350
 
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