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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 10474
2 3D Loading 6558
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21834
4 5 Point Annual Average 9213
5 5 Whys 22374
6 5S Program 8291
7 ABC Analysis 34420
8 ABC Inventory Control 17304
9 Abnormal Demand 24399
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7692
11 Activity Analysis 11530
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14660
13 Actual Demand 11238
14 Aggregate Planning 12267
15 Air Cargo 10115
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6678
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34907
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15359
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19330
20 Assembly Line 22527
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23015
22 Average Speed of Answer 26586
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23195
24 Batch Production 38466
25 Bill Discounting 14582
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11268
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7175
28 Blanket Release 10053
29 Bonded Warehouse 10091
30 Booking Number 13850
31 Bottleneck 9563
32 Buffer Stock 59375
33 Build to Stock 13049
34 Bullwhip Effect 9704
35 Business Logistics 25802
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12595
37 Capacity Management 40667
38 Capacity Utilization 14145
39 Capital Intensive 8451
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8784
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12174
42 Certified Supplier 8987
43 Channel Effectiveness 8956
44 Co-Destiny 9327
45 Co-managed Inventory 12597
46 Co-Packers 11808
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6907
48 Computer-Based Training 7713
49 Consular Invoice 19846
50 Container Depot 10632
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19600
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12113
54 Contract Carrier 7337
55 Contract of Affreightment 11447
56 Control Charts 7984
57 Cost Flow 10302
58 Courier Service 15282
59 CPFR 8253
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11833
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44236
62 Date Code 18291
63 Days of Supply 19879
64 Dead on Arrival 9361
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7336
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8145
67 Detective Control 8935
68 Devanning 14242
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10998
70 Dispatching 24585
71 Distributed Inventory 8384
72 Distribution Channel Management 34839
73 Distribution Metrics 9162
74 Distribution Planning 24238
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15262
76 Double Marginalization 52813
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22426
78 Dual 5462
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20646
80 Echelon Inventory 26247
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38304
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49824
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7643
84 Efficient Frontier 25549
85 Engineer-to-Order 31810
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16579
87 Erlang B Formula 9377
88 ETD 8354
89 Ex Works 7861
90 Exception Rate 13534
91 Exponential smoothing 9848
92 External Growth 10113
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7763
95 Field Warehouse 10584
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8814
97 Fishbone Diagram 14641
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27108
99 Flow Through Distribution 12348
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8205
 
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