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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 10556
2 3D Loading 6616
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21914
4 5 Point Annual Average 9274
5 5 Whys 22434
6 5S Program 8348
7 ABC Analysis 34589
8 ABC Inventory Control 17399
9 Abnormal Demand 24475
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7747
11 Activity Analysis 11592
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14827
13 Actual Demand 11277
14 Aggregate Planning 12323
15 Air Cargo 10211
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6733
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34984
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15398
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19404
20 Assembly Line 22730
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23105
22 Average Speed of Answer 26641
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23310
24 Batch Production 38644
25 Bill Discounting 14674
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11354
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7234
28 Blanket Release 10119
29 Bonded Warehouse 10150
30 Booking Number 13956
31 Bottleneck 9647
32 Buffer Stock 59563
33 Build to Stock 13109
34 Bullwhip Effect 9793
35 Business Logistics 25956
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12659
37 Capacity Management 40946
38 Capacity Utilization 14230
39 Capital Intensive 8535
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8881
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12236
42 Certified Supplier 9037
43 Channel Effectiveness 9013
44 Co-Destiny 9392
45 Co-managed Inventory 12667
46 Co-Packers 11867
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6973
48 Computer-Based Training 7766
49 Consular Invoice 19953
50 Container Depot 10689
51 Container Freight Station 10343
52 Continuous Replenishment 19664
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12173
54 Contract Carrier 7370
55 Contract of Affreightment 11501
56 Control Charts 8035
57 Cost Flow 10369
58 Courier Service 15365
59 CPFR 8304
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11900
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44408
62 Date Code 18427
63 Days of Supply 19964
64 Dead on Arrival 9448
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7389
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8211
67 Detective Control 9003
68 Devanning 14310
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11067
70 Dispatching 24720
71 Distributed Inventory 8440
72 Distribution Channel Management 35041
73 Distribution Metrics 9262
74 Distribution Planning 24327
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15360
76 Double Marginalization 52941
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22509
78 Dual 5497
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20723
80 Echelon Inventory 26345
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38387
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50040
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7698
84 Efficient Frontier 25650
85 Engineer-to-Order 31910
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16702
87 Erlang B Formula 9435
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7902
90 Exception Rate 13620
91 Exponential smoothing 9909
92 External Growth 10184
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9611
94 Field Services 7801
95 Field Warehouse 10827
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8910
97 Fishbone Diagram 14710
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27244
99 Flow Through Distribution 12425
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8280
 
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