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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 10432
2 3D Loading 6538
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21798
4 5 Point Annual Average 9196
5 5 Whys 22353
6 5S Program 8275
7 ABC Analysis 34344
8 ABC Inventory Control 17273
9 Abnormal Demand 24372
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7671
11 Activity Analysis 11501
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14605
13 Actual Demand 11214
14 Aggregate Planning 12238
15 Air Cargo 10080
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6657
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34875
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15339
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19304
20 Assembly Line 22432
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22984
22 Average Speed of Answer 26570
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23136
24 Batch Production 38393
25 Bill Discounting 14540
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11237
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7158
28 Blanket Release 10025
29 Bonded Warehouse 10070
30 Booking Number 13802
31 Bottleneck 9528
32 Buffer Stock 59271
33 Build to Stock 13024
34 Bullwhip Effect 9681
35 Business Logistics 25744
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12576
37 Capacity Management 40539
38 Capacity Utilization 14116
39 Capital Intensive 8417
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8747
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12140
42 Certified Supplier 8969
43 Channel Effectiveness 8936
44 Co-Destiny 9307
45 Co-managed Inventory 12568
46 Co-Packers 11783
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6883
48 Computer-Based Training 7697
49 Consular Invoice 19797
50 Container Depot 10614
51 Container Freight Station 10283
52 Continuous Replenishment 19567
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12085
54 Contract Carrier 7321
55 Contract of Affreightment 11422
56 Control Charts 7970
57 Cost Flow 10280
58 Courier Service 15246
59 CPFR 8230
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11810
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44170
62 Date Code 18243
63 Days of Supply 19845
64 Dead on Arrival 9332
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7317
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8116
67 Detective Control 8918
68 Devanning 14219
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10967
70 Dispatching 24532
71 Distributed Inventory 8362
72 Distribution Channel Management 34761
73 Distribution Metrics 9125
74 Distribution Planning 24205
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15221
76 Double Marginalization 52759
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22387
78 Dual 5446
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20620
80 Echelon Inventory 26216
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38281
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49747
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7622
84 Efficient Frontier 25495
85 Engineer-to-Order 31760
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16531
87 Erlang B Formula 9352
88 ETD 8339
89 Ex Works 7839
90 Exception Rate 13500
91 Exponential smoothing 9836
92 External Growth 10081
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9527
94 Field Services 7745
95 Field Warehouse 10481
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8772
97 Fishbone Diagram 14616
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27047
99 Flow Through Distribution 12317
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8186
 
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