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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 10171
2 3D Loading 6417
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21582
4 5 Point Annual Average 9065
5 5 Whys 22213
6 5S Program 8138
7 ABC Analysis 33938
8 ABC Inventory Control 17090
9 Abnormal Demand 24180
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7536
11 Activity Analysis 11341
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14211
13 Actual Demand 11057
14 Aggregate Planning 11991
15 Air Cargo 9903
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6514
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34655
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15239
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19016
20 Assembly Line 21853
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22764
22 Average Speed of Answer 26440
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22840
24 Batch Production 37874
25 Bill Discounting 14280
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10977
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6997
28 Blanket Release 9843
29 Bonded Warehouse 9932
30 Booking Number 13547
31 Bottleneck 9333
32 Buffer Stock 58657
33 Build to Stock 12796
34 Bullwhip Effect 9394
35 Business Logistics 25308
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12404
37 Capacity Management 39934
38 Capacity Utilization 13896
39 Capital Intensive 8214
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8516
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11951
42 Certified Supplier 8866
43 Channel Effectiveness 8826
44 Co-Destiny 9130
45 Co-managed Inventory 12301
46 Co-Packers 11622
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6712
48 Computer-Based Training 7568
49 Consular Invoice 19488
50 Container Depot 10459
51 Container Freight Station 10188
52 Continuous Replenishment 19304
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11919
54 Contract Carrier 7245
55 Contract of Affreightment 11277
56 Control Charts 7835
57 Cost Flow 10145
58 Courier Service 15016
59 CPFR 8087
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11630
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43702
62 Date Code 17943
63 Days of Supply 19622
64 Dead on Arrival 9054
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7170
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7963
67 Detective Control 8769
68 Devanning 14083
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10703
70 Dispatching 24005
71 Distributed Inventory 8233
72 Distribution Channel Management 34350
73 Distribution Metrics 8883
74 Distribution Planning 24017
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14998
76 Double Marginalization 52381
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22114
78 Dual 5344
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20419
80 Echelon Inventory 25969
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38075
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49205
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7491
84 Efficient Frontier 25189
85 Engineer-to-Order 31459
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16135
87 Erlang B Formula 9198
88 ETD 8181
89 Ex Works 7733
90 Exception Rate 13279
91 Exponential smoothing 9700
92 External Growth 9915
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9292
94 Field Services 7644
95 Field Warehouse 9777
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8571
97 Fishbone Diagram 14447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26733
99 Flow Through Distribution 12151
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8026
 
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