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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 10263
2 3D Loading 6476
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21685
4 5 Point Annual Average 9128
5 5 Whys 22274
6 5S Program 8210
7 ABC Analysis 34128
8 ABC Inventory Control 17179
9 Abnormal Demand 24276
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7608
11 Activity Analysis 11415
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14391
13 Actual Demand 11135
14 Aggregate Planning 12066
15 Air Cargo 9994
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6580
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34750
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15290
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19106
20 Assembly Line 22136
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22873
22 Average Speed of Answer 26499
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22977
24 Batch Production 38140
25 Bill Discounting 14398
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11112
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7074
28 Blanket Release 9934
29 Bonded Warehouse 10001
30 Booking Number 13668
31 Bottleneck 9426
32 Buffer Stock 58975
33 Build to Stock 12861
34 Bullwhip Effect 9489
35 Business Logistics 25477
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12492
37 Capacity Management 40215
38 Capacity Utilization 13996
39 Capital Intensive 8314
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8622
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12038
42 Certified Supplier 8919
43 Channel Effectiveness 8873
44 Co-Destiny 9212
45 Co-managed Inventory 12385
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6785
48 Computer-Based Training 7630
49 Consular Invoice 19624
50 Container Depot 10542
51 Container Freight Station 10230
52 Continuous Replenishment 19389
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11996
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11340
56 Control Charts 7899
57 Cost Flow 10197
58 Courier Service 15123
59 CPFR 8152
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11710
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43942
62 Date Code 18090
63 Days of Supply 19723
64 Dead on Arrival 9146
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7240
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8031
67 Detective Control 8846
68 Devanning 14149
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10790
70 Dispatching 24293
71 Distributed Inventory 8294
72 Distribution Channel Management 34528
73 Distribution Metrics 9004
74 Distribution Planning 24107
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15109
76 Double Marginalization 52514
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22199
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20512
80 Echelon Inventory 26080
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49454
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7551
84 Efficient Frontier 25326
85 Engineer-to-Order 31606
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16284
87 Erlang B Formula 9276
88 ETD 8264
89 Ex Works 7784
90 Exception Rate 13386
91 Exponential smoothing 9767
92 External Growth 9991
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7695
95 Field Warehouse 10094
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8678
97 Fishbone Diagram 14524
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26876
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8093
 
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