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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 10618
2 3D Loading 6649
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21970
4 5 Point Annual Average 9320
5 5 Whys 22487
6 5S Program 8384
7 ABC Analysis 34734
8 ABC Inventory Control 17464
9 Abnormal Demand 24531
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7802
11 Activity Analysis 11647
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14961
13 Actual Demand 11322
14 Aggregate Planning 12378
15 Air Cargo 10279
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6776
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35052
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15435
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19485
20 Assembly Line 22865
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23165
22 Average Speed of Answer 26692
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23407
24 Batch Production 38795
25 Bill Discounting 14736
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11423
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7281
28 Blanket Release 10166
29 Bonded Warehouse 10199
30 Booking Number 14052
31 Bottleneck 9707
32 Buffer Stock 59680
33 Build to Stock 13153
34 Bullwhip Effect 9870
35 Business Logistics 26050
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12713
37 Capacity Management 41158
38 Capacity Utilization 14310
39 Capital Intensive 8593
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8952
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12298
42 Certified Supplier 9064
43 Channel Effectiveness 9062
44 Co-Destiny 9441
45 Co-managed Inventory 12734
46 Co-Packers 11918
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7022
48 Computer-Based Training 7806
49 Consular Invoice 20042
50 Container Depot 10737
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19727
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12218
54 Contract Carrier 7401
55 Contract of Affreightment 11555
56 Control Charts 8068
57 Cost Flow 10421
58 Courier Service 15420
59 CPFR 8344
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11951
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44560
62 Date Code 18543
63 Days of Supply 20024
64 Dead on Arrival 9506
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7435
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8263
67 Detective Control 9060
68 Devanning 14353
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11124
70 Dispatching 24826
71 Distributed Inventory 8475
72 Distribution Channel Management 35157
73 Distribution Metrics 9338
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15428
76 Double Marginalization 53034
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22581
78 Dual 5538
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20770
80 Echelon Inventory 26455
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38464
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50198
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7743
84 Efficient Frontier 25744
85 Engineer-to-Order 31987
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16817
87 Erlang B Formula 9475
88 ETD 8456
89 Ex Works 7940
90 Exception Rate 13683
91 Exponential smoothing 9945
92 External Growth 10240
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11029
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8990
97 Fishbone Diagram 14776
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27353
99 Flow Through Distribution 12486
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8343
 
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