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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 10506
2 3D Loading 6585
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21869
4 5 Point Annual Average 9242
5 5 Whys 22401
6 5S Program 8311
7 ABC Analysis 34485
8 ABC Inventory Control 17344
9 Abnormal Demand 24432
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7710
11 Activity Analysis 11553
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14715
13 Actual Demand 11254
14 Aggregate Planning 12285
15 Air Cargo 10158
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6694
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34934
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15372
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19360
20 Assembly Line 22612
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23048
22 Average Speed of Answer 26611
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23246
24 Batch Production 38538
25 Bill Discounting 14610
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11308
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7200
28 Blanket Release 10080
29 Bonded Warehouse 10111
30 Booking Number 13884
31 Bottleneck 9592
32 Buffer Stock 59463
33 Build to Stock 13070
34 Bullwhip Effect 9731
35 Business Logistics 25846
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12624
37 Capacity Management 40784
38 Capacity Utilization 14172
39 Capital Intensive 8486
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8824
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12203
42 Certified Supplier 9006
43 Channel Effectiveness 8976
44 Co-Destiny 9352
45 Co-managed Inventory 12625
46 Co-Packers 11830
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6934
48 Computer-Based Training 7734
49 Consular Invoice 19895
50 Container Depot 10655
51 Container Freight Station 10315
52 Continuous Replenishment 19627
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12136
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11464
56 Control Charts 8006
57 Cost Flow 10334
58 Courier Service 15310
59 CPFR 8272
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11858
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44294
62 Date Code 18331
63 Days of Supply 19915
64 Dead on Arrival 9399
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7353
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8171
67 Detective Control 8959
68 Devanning 14270
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11021
70 Dispatching 24632
71 Distributed Inventory 8407
72 Distribution Channel Management 34917
73 Distribution Metrics 9203
74 Distribution Planning 24269
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15299
76 Double Marginalization 52856
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22458
78 Dual 5474
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20678
80 Echelon Inventory 26274
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38331
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49911
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7666
84 Efficient Frontier 25586
85 Engineer-to-Order 31846
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16630
87 Erlang B Formula 9399
88 ETD 8374
89 Ex Works 7877
90 Exception Rate 13563
91 Exponential smoothing 9870
92 External Growth 10142
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9571
94 Field Services 7777
95 Field Warehouse 10667
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8854
97 Fishbone Diagram 14673
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12374
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8233
 
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