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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 10553
2 3D Loading 6613
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21911
4 5 Point Annual Average 9272
5 5 Whys 22432
6 5S Program 8344
7 ABC Analysis 34585
8 ABC Inventory Control 17397
9 Abnormal Demand 24469
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7744
11 Activity Analysis 11588
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14816
13 Actual Demand 11275
14 Aggregate Planning 12321
15 Air Cargo 10205
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6729
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34981
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15396
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19401
20 Assembly Line 22719
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23100
22 Average Speed of Answer 26638
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23304
24 Batch Production 38637
25 Bill Discounting 14668
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11350
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7230
28 Blanket Release 10116
29 Bonded Warehouse 10147
30 Booking Number 13949
31 Bottleneck 9643
32 Buffer Stock 59551
33 Build to Stock 13106
34 Bullwhip Effect 9790
35 Business Logistics 25948
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12656
37 Capacity Management 40936
38 Capacity Utilization 14226
39 Capital Intensive 8533
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8877
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12233
42 Certified Supplier 9034
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9391
45 Co-managed Inventory 12663
46 Co-Packers 11865
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6972
48 Computer-Based Training 7764
49 Consular Invoice 19951
50 Container Depot 10685
51 Container Freight Station 10339
52 Continuous Replenishment 19661
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12171
54 Contract Carrier 7368
55 Contract of Affreightment 11499
56 Control Charts 8032
57 Cost Flow 10367
58 Courier Service 15360
59 CPFR 8303
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11897
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44393
62 Date Code 18418
63 Days of Supply 19960
64 Dead on Arrival 9441
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7384
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8206
67 Detective Control 8998
68 Devanning 14306
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11062
70 Dispatching 24713
71 Distributed Inventory 8436
72 Distribution Channel Management 35030
73 Distribution Metrics 9258
74 Distribution Planning 24321
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15356
76 Double Marginalization 52936
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22504
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20721
80 Echelon Inventory 26336
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38381
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50033
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7694
84 Efficient Frontier 25645
85 Engineer-to-Order 31905
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16698
87 Erlang B Formula 9428
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7898
90 Exception Rate 13617
91 Exponential smoothing 9904
92 External Growth 10181
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9607
94 Field Services 7798
95 Field Warehouse 10816
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8903
97 Fishbone Diagram 14707
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27239
99 Flow Through Distribution 12419
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
 
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