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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 10440
2 3D Loading 6542
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21805
4 5 Point Annual Average 9197
5 5 Whys 22356
6 5S Program 8278
7 ABC Analysis 34356
8 ABC Inventory Control 17276
9 Abnormal Demand 24373
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7675
11 Activity Analysis 11503
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14616
13 Actual Demand 11218
14 Aggregate Planning 12245
15 Air Cargo 10086
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6662
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34879
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15340
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19312
20 Assembly Line 22450
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22987
22 Average Speed of Answer 26572
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23150
24 Batch Production 38409
25 Bill Discounting 14543
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11240
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7160
28 Blanket Release 10029
29 Bonded Warehouse 10074
30 Booking Number 13804
31 Bottleneck 9534
32 Buffer Stock 59287
33 Build to Stock 13031
34 Bullwhip Effect 9687
35 Business Logistics 25758
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12581
37 Capacity Management 40560
38 Capacity Utilization 14119
39 Capital Intensive 8422
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8754
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12144
42 Certified Supplier 8973
43 Channel Effectiveness 8939
44 Co-Destiny 9312
45 Co-managed Inventory 12574
46 Co-Packers 11787
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6887
48 Computer-Based Training 7699
49 Consular Invoice 19804
50 Container Depot 10619
51 Container Freight Station 10287
52 Continuous Replenishment 19573
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12090
54 Contract Carrier 7324
55 Contract of Affreightment 11428
56 Control Charts 7973
57 Cost Flow 10283
58 Courier Service 15251
59 CPFR 8234
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11813
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44186
62 Date Code 18250
63 Days of Supply 19850
64 Dead on Arrival 9335
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7319
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8119
67 Detective Control 8922
68 Devanning 14221
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10972
70 Dispatching 24538
71 Distributed Inventory 8366
72 Distribution Channel Management 34774
73 Distribution Metrics 9129
74 Distribution Planning 24212
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15227
76 Double Marginalization 52765
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22395
78 Dual 5449
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20625
80 Echelon Inventory 26220
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38286
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49766
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7627
84 Efficient Frontier 25502
85 Engineer-to-Order 31764
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16538
87 Erlang B Formula 9356
88 ETD 8342
89 Ex Works 7843
90 Exception Rate 13505
91 Exponential smoothing 9838
92 External Growth 10089
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9529
94 Field Services 7748
95 Field Warehouse 10500
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8781
97 Fishbone Diagram 14619
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27053
99 Flow Through Distribution 12320
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8188
 
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