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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 10485
2 3D Loading 6570
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21843
4 5 Point Annual Average 9225
5 5 Whys 22383
6 5S Program 8298
7 ABC Analysis 34448
8 ABC Inventory Control 17315
9 Abnormal Demand 24413
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7699
11 Activity Analysis 11546
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14683
13 Actual Demand 11246
14 Aggregate Planning 12275
15 Air Cargo 10133
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6686
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34919
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15366
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19344
20 Assembly Line 22570
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23031
22 Average Speed of Answer 26599
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23211
24 Batch Production 38496
25 Bill Discounting 14597
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11288
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7187
28 Blanket Release 10066
29 Bonded Warehouse 10099
30 Booking Number 13863
31 Bottleneck 9573
32 Buffer Stock 59425
33 Build to Stock 13057
34 Bullwhip Effect 9713
35 Business Logistics 25825
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12607
37 Capacity Management 40715
38 Capacity Utilization 14158
39 Capital Intensive 8466
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8804
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12186
42 Certified Supplier 8996
43 Channel Effectiveness 8965
44 Co-Destiny 9337
45 Co-managed Inventory 12609
46 Co-Packers 11817
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6919
48 Computer-Based Training 7722
49 Consular Invoice 19869
50 Container Depot 10643
51 Container Freight Station 10307
52 Continuous Replenishment 19614
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12124
54 Contract Carrier 7343
55 Contract of Affreightment 11452
56 Control Charts 7990
57 Cost Flow 10312
58 Courier Service 15292
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11842
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44262
62 Date Code 18308
63 Days of Supply 19894
64 Dead on Arrival 9378
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7344
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8154
67 Detective Control 8944
68 Devanning 14251
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11006
70 Dispatching 24604
71 Distributed Inventory 8394
72 Distribution Channel Management 34876
73 Distribution Metrics 9183
74 Distribution Planning 24250
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15280
76 Double Marginalization 52833
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22439
78 Dual 5470
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26255
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38312
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49862
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7651
84 Efficient Frontier 25565
85 Engineer-to-Order 31825
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16602
87 Erlang B Formula 9386
88 ETD 8362
89 Ex Works 7864
90 Exception Rate 13544
91 Exponential smoothing 9857
92 External Growth 10122
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9558
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10624
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8833
97 Fishbone Diagram 14654
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27131
99 Flow Through Distribution 12358
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8217
 
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