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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 10643
2 3D Loading 6661
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22002
4 5 Point Annual Average 9349
5 5 Whys 22510
6 5S Program 8399
7 ABC Analysis 34779
8 ABC Inventory Control 17504
9 Abnormal Demand 24549
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7821
11 Activity Analysis 11668
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15035
13 Actual Demand 11346
14 Aggregate Planning 12401
15 Air Cargo 10314
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6790
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35081
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15454
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19511
20 Assembly Line 22962
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23192
22 Average Speed of Answer 26714
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23453
24 Batch Production 38849
25 Bill Discounting 14776
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11460
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7304
28 Blanket Release 10184
29 Bonded Warehouse 10222
30 Booking Number 14095
31 Bottleneck 9731
32 Buffer Stock 59731
33 Build to Stock 13183
34 Bullwhip Effect 9900
35 Business Logistics 26091
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12733
37 Capacity Management 41320
38 Capacity Utilization 14351
39 Capital Intensive 8624
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8985
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12319
42 Certified Supplier 9080
43 Channel Effectiveness 9084
44 Co-Destiny 9462
45 Co-managed Inventory 12757
46 Co-Packers 11939
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7055
48 Computer-Based Training 7819
49 Consular Invoice 20070
50 Container Depot 10754
51 Container Freight Station 10395
52 Continuous Replenishment 19750
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12237
54 Contract Carrier 7410
55 Contract of Affreightment 11577
56 Control Charts 8091
57 Cost Flow 10445
58 Courier Service 15441
59 CPFR 8367
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11972
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44661
62 Date Code 18603
63 Days of Supply 20048
64 Dead on Arrival 9532
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7448
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8282
67 Detective Control 9084
68 Devanning 14377
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11145
70 Dispatching 24881
71 Distributed Inventory 8490
72 Distribution Channel Management 35225
73 Distribution Metrics 9373
74 Distribution Planning 24423
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15460
76 Double Marginalization 53079
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22610
78 Dual 5555
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20794
80 Echelon Inventory 26502
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38510
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50282
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7761
84 Efficient Frontier 25785
85 Engineer-to-Order 32027
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16861
87 Erlang B Formula 9492
88 ETD 8478
89 Ex Works 7955
90 Exception Rate 13713
91 Exponential smoothing 9961
92 External Growth 10259
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9709
94 Field Services 7848
95 Field Warehouse 11160
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9028
97 Fishbone Diagram 14800
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27398
99 Flow Through Distribution 12511
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8366
 
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