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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 10598
2 3D Loading 6633
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21944
4 5 Point Annual Average 9297
5 5 Whys 22464
6 5S Program 8368
7 ABC Analysis 34669
8 ABC Inventory Control 17431
9 Abnormal Demand 24504
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7774
11 Activity Analysis 11620
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14906
13 Actual Demand 11302
14 Aggregate Planning 12352
15 Air Cargo 10254
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6754
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35020
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15424
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19448
20 Assembly Line 22805
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23139
22 Average Speed of Answer 26671
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23367
24 Batch Production 38733
25 Bill Discounting 14702
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11388
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7259
28 Blanket Release 10145
29 Bonded Warehouse 10177
30 Booking Number 14010
31 Bottleneck 9683
32 Buffer Stock 59631
33 Build to Stock 13135
34 Bullwhip Effect 9828
35 Business Logistics 26016
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12690
37 Capacity Management 41061
38 Capacity Utilization 14276
39 Capital Intensive 8567
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8921
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12270
42 Certified Supplier 9053
43 Channel Effectiveness 9040
44 Co-Destiny 9422
45 Co-managed Inventory 12706
46 Co-Packers 11899
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6999
48 Computer-Based Training 7787
49 Consular Invoice 19998
50 Container Depot 10715
51 Container Freight Station 10366
52 Continuous Replenishment 19702
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12197
54 Contract Carrier 7388
55 Contract of Affreightment 11534
56 Control Charts 8050
57 Cost Flow 10394
58 Courier Service 15393
59 CPFR 8327
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11923
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44498
62 Date Code 18505
63 Days of Supply 19998
64 Dead on Arrival 9476
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7413
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8240
67 Detective Control 9029
68 Devanning 14334
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11095
70 Dispatching 24775
71 Distributed Inventory 8460
72 Distribution Channel Management 35105
73 Distribution Metrics 9300
74 Distribution Planning 24362
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15400
76 Double Marginalization 52990
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22545
78 Dual 5517
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20748
80 Echelon Inventory 26408
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38431
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50125
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7725
84 Efficient Frontier 25708
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16769
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8432
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13656
91 Exponential smoothing 9929
92 External Growth 10214
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9639
94 Field Services 7820
95 Field Warehouse 10933
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8953
97 Fishbone Diagram 14746
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27297
99 Flow Through Distribution 12459
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
 
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