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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 10468
2 3D Loading 6555
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21827
4 5 Point Annual Average 9209
5 5 Whys 22371
6 5S Program 8289
7 ABC Analysis 34396
8 ABC Inventory Control 17297
9 Abnormal Demand 24395
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7685
11 Activity Analysis 11524
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14652
13 Actual Demand 11235
14 Aggregate Planning 12262
15 Air Cargo 10111
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6673
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34901
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15352
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19326
20 Assembly Line 22507
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23009
22 Average Speed of Answer 26582
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23187
24 Batch Production 38459
25 Bill Discounting 14573
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11261
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7174
28 Blanket Release 10050
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13842
31 Bottleneck 9556
32 Buffer Stock 59361
33 Build to Stock 13047
34 Bullwhip Effect 9700
35 Business Logistics 25796
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12591
37 Capacity Management 40637
38 Capacity Utilization 14137
39 Capital Intensive 8442
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8777
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12168
42 Certified Supplier 8982
43 Channel Effectiveness 8953
44 Co-Destiny 9325
45 Co-managed Inventory 12593
46 Co-Packers 11803
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6905
48 Computer-Based Training 7711
49 Consular Invoice 19838
50 Container Depot 10629
51 Container Freight Station 10299
52 Continuous Replenishment 19595
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12109
54 Contract Carrier 7334
55 Contract of Affreightment 11440
56 Control Charts 7981
57 Cost Flow 10296
58 Courier Service 15279
59 CPFR 8248
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11827
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44224
62 Date Code 18277
63 Days of Supply 19870
64 Dead on Arrival 9354
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7332
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8139
67 Detective Control 8931
68 Devanning 14237
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10991
70 Dispatching 24573
71 Distributed Inventory 8378
72 Distribution Channel Management 34823
73 Distribution Metrics 9154
74 Distribution Planning 24234
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15254
76 Double Marginalization 52803
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22420
78 Dual 5460
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20641
80 Echelon Inventory 26243
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38300
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49808
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7637
84 Efficient Frontier 25541
85 Engineer-to-Order 31801
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16568
87 Erlang B Formula 9370
88 ETD 8350
89 Ex Works 7855
90 Exception Rate 13524
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10107
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9541
94 Field Services 7762
95 Field Warehouse 10567
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8805
97 Fishbone Diagram 14635
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27096
99 Flow Through Distribution 12343
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8202
 
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