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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 10545
2 3D Loading 6611
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21906
4 5 Point Annual Average 9268
5 5 Whys 22427
6 5S Program 8341
7 ABC Analysis 34569
8 ABC Inventory Control 17391
9 Abnormal Demand 24463
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7738
11 Activity Analysis 11580
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14800
13 Actual Demand 11273
14 Aggregate Planning 12316
15 Air Cargo 10195
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6727
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34971
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15391
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19395
20 Assembly Line 22703
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23093
22 Average Speed of Answer 26634
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23296
24 Batch Production 38619
25 Bill Discounting 14662
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11344
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7228
28 Blanket Release 10110
29 Bonded Warehouse 10142
30 Booking Number 13934
31 Bottleneck 9636
32 Buffer Stock 59537
33 Build to Stock 13102
34 Bullwhip Effect 9778
35 Business Logistics 25930
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12652
37 Capacity Management 40908
38 Capacity Utilization 14220
39 Capital Intensive 8529
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8869
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12227
42 Certified Supplier 9032
43 Channel Effectiveness 9008
44 Co-Destiny 9387
45 Co-managed Inventory 12658
46 Co-Packers 11861
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6967
48 Computer-Based Training 7761
49 Consular Invoice 19944
50 Container Depot 10680
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19657
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12164
54 Contract Carrier 7366
55 Contract of Affreightment 11494
56 Control Charts 8030
57 Cost Flow 10363
58 Courier Service 15356
59 CPFR 8296
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11890
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44379
62 Date Code 18399
63 Days of Supply 19953
64 Dead on Arrival 9434
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7382
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8204
67 Detective Control 8992
68 Devanning 14301
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11059
70 Dispatching 24701
71 Distributed Inventory 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35017
73 Distribution Metrics 9253
74 Distribution Planning 24313
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15347
76 Double Marginalization 52918
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22499
78 Dual 5494
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20717
80 Echelon Inventory 26327
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38373
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50008
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7691
84 Efficient Frontier 25638
85 Engineer-to-Order 31895
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16684
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8404
89 Ex Works 7895
90 Exception Rate 13607
91 Exponential smoothing 9899
92 External Growth 10174
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9601
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10794
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8897
97 Fishbone Diagram 14702
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27229
99 Flow Through Distribution 12414
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8273
 
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