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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 10495
2 3D Loading 6574
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21856
4 5 Point Annual Average 9234
5 5 Whys 22395
6 5S Program 8305
7 ABC Analysis 34466
8 ABC Inventory Control 17332
9 Abnormal Demand 24423
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7701
11 Activity Analysis 11550
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14697
13 Actual Demand 11249
14 Aggregate Planning 12279
15 Air Cargo 10146
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6689
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34926
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15368
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19354
20 Assembly Line 22590
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23040
22 Average Speed of Answer 26605
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23231
24 Batch Production 38515
25 Bill Discounting 14604
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11301
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7192
28 Blanket Release 10073
29 Bonded Warehouse 10104
30 Booking Number 13872
31 Bottleneck 9582
32 Buffer Stock 59449
33 Build to Stock 13064
34 Bullwhip Effect 9721
35 Business Logistics 25838
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12613
37 Capacity Management 40747
38 Capacity Utilization 14165
39 Capital Intensive 8476
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8812
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12191
42 Certified Supplier 9001
43 Channel Effectiveness 8971
44 Co-Destiny 9342
45 Co-managed Inventory 12616
46 Co-Packers 11821
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6926
48 Computer-Based Training 7728
49 Consular Invoice 19879
50 Container Depot 10646
51 Container Freight Station 10309
52 Continuous Replenishment 19621
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12128
54 Contract Carrier 7348
55 Contract of Affreightment 11458
56 Control Charts 7994
57 Cost Flow 10323
58 Courier Service 15300
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11848
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44276
62 Date Code 18321
63 Days of Supply 19905
64 Dead on Arrival 9389
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7348
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8161
67 Detective Control 8953
68 Devanning 14262
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11013
70 Dispatching 24617
71 Distributed Inventory 8401
72 Distribution Channel Management 34895
73 Distribution Metrics 9191
74 Distribution Planning 24256
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15287
76 Double Marginalization 52845
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22449
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20667
80 Echelon Inventory 26264
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38321
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49885
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7659
84 Efficient Frontier 25576
85 Engineer-to-Order 31839
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16618
87 Erlang B Formula 9389
88 ETD 8368
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13550
91 Exponential smoothing 9863
92 External Growth 10131
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9564
94 Field Services 7772
95 Field Warehouse 10641
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8843
97 Fishbone Diagram 14662
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27149
99 Flow Through Distribution 12365
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8225
 
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