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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 10608
2 3D Loading 6640
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21959
4 5 Point Annual Average 9311
5 5 Whys 22472
6 5S Program 8376
7 ABC Analysis 34700
8 ABC Inventory Control 17450
9 Abnormal Demand 24517
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7787
11 Activity Analysis 11634
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14930
13 Actual Demand 11314
14 Aggregate Planning 12360
15 Air Cargo 10264
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6764
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35036
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15428
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19466
20 Assembly Line 22835
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23152
22 Average Speed of Answer 26684
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23384
24 Batch Production 38757
25 Bill Discounting 14720
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11403
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7269
28 Blanket Release 10153
29 Bonded Warehouse 10185
30 Booking Number 14034
31 Bottleneck 9692
32 Buffer Stock 59653
33 Build to Stock 13142
34 Bullwhip Effect 9849
35 Business Logistics 26026
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12704
37 Capacity Management 41097
38 Capacity Utilization 14287
39 Capital Intensive 8577
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8936
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12284
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9050
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11911
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7009
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20020
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10376
52 Continuous Replenishment 19715
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7394
55 Contract of Affreightment 11546
56 Control Charts 8061
57 Cost Flow 10409
58 Courier Service 15408
59 CPFR 8336
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11939
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44528
62 Date Code 18521
63 Days of Supply 20010
64 Dead on Arrival 9490
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7423
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8247
67 Detective Control 9043
68 Devanning 14345
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11108
70 Dispatching 24798
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35131
73 Distribution Metrics 9321
74 Distribution Planning 24378
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15411
76 Double Marginalization 53012
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22565
78 Dual 5527
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20758
80 Echelon Inventory 26431
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38443
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50157
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7733
84 Efficient Frontier 25725
85 Engineer-to-Order 31968
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16796
87 Erlang B Formula 9468
88 ETD 8444
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13668
91 Exponential smoothing 9937
92 External Growth 10227
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9655
94 Field Services 7827
95 Field Warehouse 10969
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8969
97 Fishbone Diagram 14760
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27321
99 Flow Through Distribution 12472
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
 
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