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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 10553
2 3D Loading 6612
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21910
4 5 Point Annual Average 9271
5 5 Whys 22432
6 5S Program 8344
7 ABC Analysis 34584
8 ABC Inventory Control 17396
9 Abnormal Demand 24467
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7743
11 Activity Analysis 11587
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14814
13 Actual Demand 11275
14 Aggregate Planning 12320
15 Air Cargo 10205
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6729
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34981
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15395
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19400
20 Assembly Line 22716
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23099
22 Average Speed of Answer 26638
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23302
24 Batch Production 38635
25 Bill Discounting 14667
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11349
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7230
28 Blanket Release 10114
29 Bonded Warehouse 10146
30 Booking Number 13947
31 Bottleneck 9643
32 Buffer Stock 59548
33 Build to Stock 13105
34 Bullwhip Effect 9788
35 Business Logistics 25946
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12655
37 Capacity Management 40931
38 Capacity Utilization 14225
39 Capital Intensive 8532
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8877
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12232
42 Certified Supplier 9034
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9389
45 Co-managed Inventory 12662
46 Co-Packers 11864
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6972
48 Computer-Based Training 7763
49 Consular Invoice 19951
50 Container Depot 10685
51 Container Freight Station 10338
52 Continuous Replenishment 19660
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12171
54 Contract Carrier 7367
55 Contract of Affreightment 11497
56 Control Charts 8032
57 Cost Flow 10366
58 Courier Service 15358
59 CPFR 8303
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11897
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44393
62 Date Code 18413
63 Days of Supply 19960
64 Dead on Arrival 9440
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7384
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8206
67 Detective Control 8997
68 Devanning 14306
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11062
70 Dispatching 24711
71 Distributed Inventory 8436
72 Distribution Channel Management 35030
73 Distribution Metrics 9257
74 Distribution Planning 24320
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15356
76 Double Marginalization 52932
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22504
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20721
80 Echelon Inventory 26334
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38381
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50029
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7694
84 Efficient Frontier 25644
85 Engineer-to-Order 31904
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16696
87 Erlang B Formula 9428
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7897
90 Exception Rate 13616
91 Exponential smoothing 9904
92 External Growth 10179
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9605
94 Field Services 7798
95 Field Warehouse 10814
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8903
97 Fishbone Diagram 14707
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27238
99 Flow Through Distribution 12418
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
 
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