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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 10140
2 3D Loading 6404
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21554
4 5 Point Annual Average 9052
5 5 Whys 22196
6 5S Program 8124
7 ABC Analysis 33894
8 ABC Inventory Control 17072
9 Abnormal Demand 24165
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7520
11 Activity Analysis 11323
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14172
13 Actual Demand 11035
14 Aggregate Planning 11971
15 Air Cargo 9883
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6495
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34629
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15225
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18991
20 Assembly Line 21790
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22739
22 Average Speed of Answer 26418
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22801
24 Batch Production 37832
25 Bill Discounting 14236
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10937
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6980
28 Blanket Release 9826
29 Bonded Warehouse 9917
30 Booking Number 13514
31 Bottleneck 9308
32 Buffer Stock 58603
33 Build to Stock 12779
34 Bullwhip Effect 9370
35 Business Logistics 25259
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12384
37 Capacity Management 39868
38 Capacity Utilization 13871
39 Capital Intensive 8192
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8486
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11928
42 Certified Supplier 8854
43 Channel Effectiveness 8813
44 Co-Destiny 9105
45 Co-managed Inventory 12279
46 Co-Packers 11605
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6689
48 Computer-Based Training 7554
49 Consular Invoice 19447
50 Container Depot 10443
51 Container Freight Station 10168
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11905
54 Contract Carrier 7234
55 Contract of Affreightment 11261
56 Control Charts 7818
57 Cost Flow 10131
58 Courier Service 14994
59 CPFR 8070
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11612
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43651
62 Date Code 17906
63 Days of Supply 19596
64 Dead on Arrival 9032
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7149
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7936
67 Detective Control 8754
68 Devanning 14071
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10683
70 Dispatching 23943
71 Distributed Inventory 8217
72 Distribution Channel Management 34286
73 Distribution Metrics 8856
74 Distribution Planning 23998
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14973
76 Double Marginalization 52358
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22090
78 Dual 5331
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20393
80 Echelon Inventory 25946
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38059
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49153
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7470
84 Efficient Frontier 25148
85 Engineer-to-Order 31424
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16104
87 Erlang B Formula 9174
88 ETD 8163
89 Ex Works 7725
90 Exception Rate 13250
91 Exponential smoothing 9685
92 External Growth 9889
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9275
94 Field Services 7637
95 Field Warehouse 9759
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8549
97 Fishbone Diagram 14418
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26694
99 Flow Through Distribution 12134
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8007
 
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