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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 10617
2 3D Loading 6648
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21968
4 5 Point Annual Average 9320
5 5 Whys 22487
6 5S Program 8381
7 ABC Analysis 34734
8 ABC Inventory Control 17462
9 Abnormal Demand 24529
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7799
11 Activity Analysis 11646
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14960
13 Actual Demand 11321
14 Aggregate Planning 12376
15 Air Cargo 10277
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6776
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35051
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15433
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19483
20 Assembly Line 22864
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23164
22 Average Speed of Answer 26691
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23404
24 Batch Production 38793
25 Bill Discounting 14734
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11420
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7280
28 Blanket Release 10165
29 Bonded Warehouse 10198
30 Booking Number 14051
31 Bottleneck 9706
32 Buffer Stock 59678
33 Build to Stock 13152
34 Bullwhip Effect 9867
35 Business Logistics 26048
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12711
37 Capacity Management 41153
38 Capacity Utilization 14309
39 Capital Intensive 8592
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8949
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12296
42 Certified Supplier 9064
43 Channel Effectiveness 9059
44 Co-Destiny 9439
45 Co-managed Inventory 12733
46 Co-Packers 11917
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7021
48 Computer-Based Training 7804
49 Consular Invoice 20041
50 Container Depot 10735
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19725
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12215
54 Contract Carrier 7400
55 Contract of Affreightment 11552
56 Control Charts 8066
57 Cost Flow 10419
58 Courier Service 15417
59 CPFR 8342
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11949
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44558
62 Date Code 18542
63 Days of Supply 20023
64 Dead on Arrival 9503
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7434
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8260
67 Detective Control 9059
68 Devanning 14352
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11122
70 Dispatching 24823
71 Distributed Inventory 8473
72 Distribution Channel Management 35155
73 Distribution Metrics 9335
74 Distribution Planning 24390
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15428
76 Double Marginalization 53032
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22578
78 Dual 5537
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20769
80 Echelon Inventory 26453
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38462
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50195
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7740
84 Efficient Frontier 25744
85 Engineer-to-Order 31986
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16814
87 Erlang B Formula 9474
88 ETD 8454
89 Ex Works 7937
90 Exception Rate 13681
91 Exponential smoothing 9944
92 External Growth 10239
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9671
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11025
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8990
97 Fishbone Diagram 14772
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27349
99 Flow Through Distribution 12484
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8342
 
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