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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 10527
2 3D Loading 6596
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21888
4 5 Point Annual Average 9254
5 5 Whys 22415
6 5S Program 8328
7 ABC Analysis 34534
8 ABC Inventory Control 17372
9 Abnormal Demand 24453
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7726
11 Activity Analysis 11570
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14768
13 Actual Demand 11265
14 Aggregate Planning 12299
15 Air Cargo 10178
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6711
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34957
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15383
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19383
20 Assembly Line 22668
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23069
22 Average Speed of Answer 26624
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23274
24 Batch Production 38581
25 Bill Discounting 14638
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11325
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7218
28 Blanket Release 10096
29 Bonded Warehouse 10129
30 Booking Number 13908
31 Bottleneck 9612
32 Buffer Stock 59508
33 Build to Stock 13085
34 Bullwhip Effect 9761
35 Business Logistics 25889
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12639
37 Capacity Management 40847
38 Capacity Utilization 14199
39 Capital Intensive 8509
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8851
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12217
42 Certified Supplier 9019
43 Channel Effectiveness 8994
44 Co-Destiny 9371
45 Co-managed Inventory 12646
46 Co-Packers 11846
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6951
48 Computer-Based Training 7751
49 Consular Invoice 19919
50 Container Depot 10668
51 Container Freight Station 10327
52 Continuous Replenishment 19643
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12150
54 Contract Carrier 7359
55 Contract of Affreightment 11480
56 Control Charts 8019
57 Cost Flow 10348
58 Courier Service 15335
59 CPFR 8283
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11877
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44341
62 Date Code 18363
63 Days of Supply 19935
64 Dead on Arrival 9419
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7373
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8188
67 Detective Control 8979
68 Devanning 14287
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11044
70 Dispatching 24673
71 Distributed Inventory 8422
72 Distribution Channel Management 34966
73 Distribution Metrics 9229
74 Distribution Planning 24294
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15324
76 Double Marginalization 52888
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22479
78 Dual 5486
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20698
80 Echelon Inventory 26300
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38354
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49964
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7679
84 Efficient Frontier 25608
85 Engineer-to-Order 31872
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16662
87 Erlang B Formula 9413
88 ETD 8390
89 Ex Works 7883
90 Exception Rate 13585
91 Exponential smoothing 9885
92 External Growth 10160
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9585
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10728
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8875
97 Fishbone Diagram 14687
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27198
99 Flow Through Distribution 12396
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8251
 
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