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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 10341
2 3D Loading 6514
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21761
4 5 Point Annual Average 9172
5 5 Whys 22321
6 5S Program 8253
7 ABC Analysis 34275
8 ABC Inventory Control 17239
9 Abnormal Demand 24339
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7646
11 Activity Analysis 11473
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14531
13 Actual Demand 11190
14 Aggregate Planning 12132
15 Air Cargo 10052
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6633
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34837
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15322
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19192
20 Assembly Line 22324
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22946
22 Average Speed of Answer 26547
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23084
24 Batch Production 38314
25 Bill Discounting 14498
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11192
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7127
28 Blanket Release 9990
29 Bonded Warehouse 10047
30 Booking Number 13753
31 Bottleneck 9488
32 Buffer Stock 59169
33 Build to Stock 12923
34 Bullwhip Effect 9572
35 Business Logistics 25616
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12550
37 Capacity Management 40417
38 Capacity Utilization 14078
39 Capital Intensive 8386
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8709
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12105
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8911
44 Co-Destiny 9276
45 Co-managed Inventory 12463
46 Co-Packers 11748
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6847
48 Computer-Based Training 7676
49 Consular Invoice 19739
50 Container Depot 10590
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19458
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12057
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11395
56 Control Charts 7947
57 Cost Flow 10249
58 Courier Service 15205
59 CPFR 8199
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11773
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44092
62 Date Code 18189
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9226
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7293
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8084
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14194
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10856
70 Dispatching 24455
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34674
73 Distribution Metrics 9087
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52623
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22280
78 Dual 5430
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20580
80 Echelon Inventory 26173
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49651
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25436
85 Engineer-to-Order 31705
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16405
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13462
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9420
94 Field Services 7730
95 Field Warehouse 10387
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14583
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26988
99 Flow Through Distribution 12289
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8157
 
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