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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 10597
2 3D Loading 6633
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21943
4 5 Point Annual Average 9294
5 5 Whys 22464
6 5S Program 8367
7 ABC Analysis 34663
8 ABC Inventory Control 17431
9 Abnormal Demand 24503
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7774
11 Activity Analysis 11620
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14906
13 Actual Demand 11301
14 Aggregate Planning 12350
15 Air Cargo 10252
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6753
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35019
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15424
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19445
20 Assembly Line 22802
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23137
22 Average Speed of Answer 26670
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23367
24 Batch Production 38731
25 Bill Discounting 14702
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11387
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7256
28 Blanket Release 10143
29 Bonded Warehouse 10176
30 Booking Number 14008
31 Bottleneck 9683
32 Buffer Stock 59630
33 Build to Stock 13134
34 Bullwhip Effect 9828
35 Business Logistics 26015
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12688
37 Capacity Management 41060
38 Capacity Utilization 14274
39 Capital Intensive 8565
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8918
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12268
42 Certified Supplier 9053
43 Channel Effectiveness 9037
44 Co-Destiny 9421
45 Co-managed Inventory 12704
46 Co-Packers 11899
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6998
48 Computer-Based Training 7787
49 Consular Invoice 19997
50 Container Depot 10714
51 Container Freight Station 10364
52 Continuous Replenishment 19700
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12197
54 Contract Carrier 7388
55 Contract of Affreightment 11532
56 Control Charts 8050
57 Cost Flow 10394
58 Courier Service 15393
59 CPFR 8325
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11922
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44493
62 Date Code 18504
63 Days of Supply 19996
64 Dead on Arrival 9476
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7411
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8240
67 Detective Control 9028
68 Devanning 14332
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11095
70 Dispatching 24775
71 Distributed Inventory 8460
72 Distribution Channel Management 35103
73 Distribution Metrics 9299
74 Distribution Planning 24361
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15399
76 Double Marginalization 52987
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22545
78 Dual 5515
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20747
80 Echelon Inventory 26404
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38431
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50123
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7724
84 Efficient Frontier 25705
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16767
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8431
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13655
91 Exponential smoothing 9929
92 External Growth 10211
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9637
94 Field Services 7819
95 Field Warehouse 10930
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8953
97 Fishbone Diagram 14745
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27296
99 Flow Through Distribution 12458
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
 
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