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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 10173
2 3D Loading 6419
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21585
4 5 Point Annual Average 9068
5 5 Whys 22217
6 5S Program 8141
7 ABC Analysis 33941
8 ABC Inventory Control 17092
9 Abnormal Demand 24181
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7538
11 Activity Analysis 11343
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14214
13 Actual Demand 11058
14 Aggregate Planning 11992
15 Air Cargo 9905
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6516
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34658
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15239
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19018
20 Assembly Line 21862
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22765
22 Average Speed of Answer 26441
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22845
24 Batch Production 37878
25 Bill Discounting 14283
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10979
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6997
28 Blanket Release 9847
29 Bonded Warehouse 9935
30 Booking Number 13552
31 Bottleneck 9336
32 Buffer Stock 58664
33 Build to Stock 12799
34 Bullwhip Effect 9397
35 Business Logistics 25310
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12407
37 Capacity Management 39940
38 Capacity Utilization 13898
39 Capital Intensive 8216
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8519
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11952
42 Certified Supplier 8868
43 Channel Effectiveness 8827
44 Co-Destiny 9132
45 Co-managed Inventory 12302
46 Co-Packers 11627
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6715
48 Computer-Based Training 7569
49 Consular Invoice 19493
50 Container Depot 10462
51 Container Freight Station 10189
52 Continuous Replenishment 19307
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11921
54 Contract Carrier 7246
55 Contract of Affreightment 11278
56 Control Charts 7836
57 Cost Flow 10146
58 Courier Service 15020
59 CPFR 8087
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11630
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43712
62 Date Code 17950
63 Days of Supply 19628
64 Dead on Arrival 9058
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7173
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7964
67 Detective Control 8770
68 Devanning 14085
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10709
70 Dispatching 24011
71 Distributed Inventory 8235
72 Distribution Channel Management 34352
73 Distribution Metrics 8886
74 Distribution Planning 24019
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15001
76 Double Marginalization 52384
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22115
78 Dual 5345
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20423
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38078
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49209
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7493
84 Efficient Frontier 25192
85 Engineer-to-Order 31465
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16137
87 Erlang B Formula 9200
88 ETD 8183
89 Ex Works 7736
90 Exception Rate 13282
91 Exponential smoothing 9702
92 External Growth 9915
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9294
94 Field Services 7646
95 Field Warehouse 9782
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8575
97 Fishbone Diagram 14447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26738
99 Flow Through Distribution 12152
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8028
 
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