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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 10575
2 3D Loading 6627
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21929
4 5 Point Annual Average 9282
5 5 Whys 22448
6 5S Program 8359
7 ABC Analysis 34616
8 ABC Inventory Control 17412
9 Abnormal Demand 24486
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7759
11 Activity Analysis 11603
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14857
13 Actual Demand 11291
14 Aggregate Planning 12333
15 Air Cargo 10228
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6743
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34997
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15408
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19419
20 Assembly Line 22760
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23123
22 Average Speed of Answer 26654
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23336
24 Batch Production 38680
25 Bill Discounting 14687
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11364
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7240
28 Blanket Release 10130
29 Bonded Warehouse 10160
30 Booking Number 13978
31 Bottleneck 9668
32 Buffer Stock 59589
33 Build to Stock 13118
34 Bullwhip Effect 9808
35 Business Logistics 25983
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12674
37 Capacity Management 40989
38 Capacity Utilization 14244
39 Capital Intensive 8550
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8897
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12253
42 Certified Supplier 9043
43 Channel Effectiveness 9026
44 Co-Destiny 9405
45 Co-managed Inventory 12681
46 Co-Packers 11879
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6984
48 Computer-Based Training 7777
49 Consular Invoice 19971
50 Container Depot 10700
51 Container Freight Station 10353
52 Continuous Replenishment 19681
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12186
54 Contract Carrier 7377
55 Contract of Affreightment 11515
56 Control Charts 8045
57 Cost Flow 10380
58 Courier Service 15380
59 CPFR 8317
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11910
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44434
62 Date Code 18468
63 Days of Supply 19980
64 Dead on Arrival 9461
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7400
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8225
67 Detective Control 9015
68 Devanning 14323
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11081
70 Dispatching 24741
71 Distributed Inventory 8452
72 Distribution Channel Management 35068
73 Distribution Metrics 9279
74 Distribution Planning 24345
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15377
76 Double Marginalization 52965
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22526
78 Dual 5506
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20735
80 Echelon Inventory 26366
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38403
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50072
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7713
84 Efficient Frontier 25675
85 Engineer-to-Order 31926
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16727
87 Erlang B Formula 9445
88 ETD 8420
89 Ex Works 7912
90 Exception Rate 13639
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10198
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9621
94 Field Services 7808
95 Field Warehouse 10879
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8928
97 Fishbone Diagram 14727
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27272
99 Flow Through Distribution 12436
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8293
 
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