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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 10614
2 3D Loading 6645
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21964
4 5 Point Annual Average 9317
5 5 Whys 22481
6 5S Program 8380
7 ABC Analysis 34721
8 ABC Inventory Control 17456
9 Abnormal Demand 24524
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7791
11 Activity Analysis 11640
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14949
13 Actual Demand 11318
14 Aggregate Planning 12368
15 Air Cargo 10275
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6770
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35045
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15430
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19478
20 Assembly Line 22854
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23159
22 Average Speed of Answer 26687
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23399
24 Batch Production 38778
25 Bill Discounting 14727
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11412
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7275
28 Blanket Release 10157
29 Bonded Warehouse 10192
30 Booking Number 14044
31 Bottleneck 9701
32 Buffer Stock 59669
33 Build to Stock 13148
34 Bullwhip Effect 9861
35 Business Logistics 26042
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12707
37 Capacity Management 41128
38 Capacity Utilization 14305
39 Capital Intensive 8581
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8944
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12292
42 Certified Supplier 9061
43 Channel Effectiveness 9054
44 Co-Destiny 9437
45 Co-managed Inventory 12727
46 Co-Packers 11915
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7016
48 Computer-Based Training 7802
49 Consular Invoice 20034
50 Container Depot 10729
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19721
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12211
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11548
56 Control Charts 8064
57 Cost Flow 10416
58 Courier Service 15415
59 CPFR 8340
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11947
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44545
62 Date Code 18534
63 Days of Supply 20017
64 Dead on Arrival 9501
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7430
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8256
67 Detective Control 9055
68 Devanning 14349
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11120
70 Dispatching 24814
71 Distributed Inventory 8471
72 Distribution Channel Management 35147
73 Distribution Metrics 9330
74 Distribution Planning 24385
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15419
76 Double Marginalization 53024
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22572
78 Dual 5533
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20765
80 Echelon Inventory 26442
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38455
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50181
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7737
84 Efficient Frontier 25737
85 Engineer-to-Order 31979
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16807
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8451
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13674
91 Exponential smoothing 9941
92 External Growth 10235
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9663
94 Field Services 7831
95 Field Warehouse 11004
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8983
97 Fishbone Diagram 14765
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27339
99 Flow Through Distribution 12478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8332
 
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