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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 10364
2 3D Loading 6522
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21769
4 5 Point Annual Average 9180
5 5 Whys 22328
6 5S Program 8256
7 ABC Analysis 34289
8 ABC Inventory Control 17245
9 Abnormal Demand 24346
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7652
11 Activity Analysis 11479
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14551
13 Actual Demand 11196
14 Aggregate Planning 12162
15 Air Cargo 10057
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6639
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34845
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15327
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19220
20 Assembly Line 22353
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22954
22 Average Speed of Answer 26551
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23095
24 Batch Production 38330
25 Bill Discounting 14507
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11205
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7130
28 Blanket Release 9997
29 Bonded Warehouse 10050
30 Booking Number 13764
31 Bottleneck 9500
32 Buffer Stock 59185
33 Build to Stock 12951
34 Bullwhip Effect 9605
35 Business Logistics 25646
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12559
37 Capacity Management 40442
38 Capacity Utilization 14086
39 Capital Intensive 8392
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8716
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12112
42 Certified Supplier 8959
43 Channel Effectiveness 8917
44 Co-Destiny 9283
45 Co-managed Inventory 12495
46 Co-Packers 11753
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6858
48 Computer-Based Training 7682
49 Consular Invoice 19750
50 Container Depot 10595
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19486
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12063
54 Contract Carrier 7312
55 Contract of Affreightment 11401
56 Control Charts 7952
57 Cost Flow 10256
58 Courier Service 15214
59 CPFR 8207
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11781
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44108
62 Date Code 18199
63 Days of Supply 19810
64 Dead on Arrival 9256
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7300
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8090
67 Detective Control 8897
68 Devanning 14201
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10885
70 Dispatching 24467
71 Distributed Inventory 8343
72 Distribution Channel Management 34690
73 Distribution Metrics 9095
74 Distribution Planning 24178
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15197
76 Double Marginalization 52653
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22310
78 Dual 5434
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20589
80 Echelon Inventory 26182
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38245
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49673
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7605
84 Efficient Frontier 25443
85 Engineer-to-Order 31716
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16436
87 Erlang B Formula 9334
88 ETD 8318
89 Ex Works 7826
90 Exception Rate 13471
91 Exponential smoothing 9820
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9448
94 Field Services 7735
95 Field Warehouse 10403
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14591
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27000
99 Flow Through Distribution 12296
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8164
 
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