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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 10626
2 3D Loading 6655
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21978
4 5 Point Annual Average 9326
5 5 Whys 22494
6 5S Program 8393
7 ABC Analysis 34743
8 ABC Inventory Control 17476
9 Abnormal Demand 24541
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7807
11 Activity Analysis 11649
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14969
13 Actual Demand 11330
14 Aggregate Planning 12386
15 Air Cargo 10288
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6780
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35059
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15439
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19489
20 Assembly Line 22881
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23168
22 Average Speed of Answer 26699
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23414
24 Batch Production 38809
25 Bill Discounting 14741
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11431
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7286
28 Blanket Release 10171
29 Bonded Warehouse 10202
30 Booking Number 14063
31 Bottleneck 9719
32 Buffer Stock 59690
33 Build to Stock 13158
34 Bullwhip Effect 9874
35 Business Logistics 26057
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12720
37 Capacity Management 41183
38 Capacity Utilization 14321
39 Capital Intensive 8600
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8961
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12304
42 Certified Supplier 9067
43 Channel Effectiveness 9067
44 Co-Destiny 9447
45 Co-managed Inventory 12739
46 Co-Packers 11923
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7031
48 Computer-Based Training 7812
49 Consular Invoice 20051
50 Container Depot 10742
51 Container Freight Station 10385
52 Continuous Replenishment 19736
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12227
54 Contract Carrier 7404
55 Contract of Affreightment 11559
56 Control Charts 8074
57 Cost Flow 10428
58 Courier Service 15430
59 CPFR 8352
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11957
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44579
62 Date Code 18555
63 Days of Supply 20032
64 Dead on Arrival 9510
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7440
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9069
68 Devanning 14360
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11129
70 Dispatching 24838
71 Distributed Inventory 8478
72 Distribution Channel Management 35170
73 Distribution Metrics 9350
74 Distribution Planning 24400
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15441
76 Double Marginalization 53045
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22589
78 Dual 5548
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20776
80 Echelon Inventory 26467
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38471
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50213
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7748
84 Efficient Frontier 25755
85 Engineer-to-Order 32000
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16826
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8460
89 Ex Works 7947
90 Exception Rate 13690
91 Exponential smoothing 9950
92 External Growth 10247
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9678
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11055
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14785
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27361
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8349
 
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