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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 10483
2 3D Loading 6569
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21842
4 5 Point Annual Average 9223
5 5 Whys 22381
6 5S Program 8297
7 ABC Analysis 34444
8 ABC Inventory Control 17314
9 Abnormal Demand 24411
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7699
11 Activity Analysis 11545
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14679
13 Actual Demand 11245
14 Aggregate Planning 12274
15 Air Cargo 10131
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6685
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34917
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15364
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19343
20 Assembly Line 22565
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23030
22 Average Speed of Answer 26597
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23209
24 Batch Production 38492
25 Bill Discounting 14595
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11286
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7186
28 Blanket Release 10062
29 Bonded Warehouse 10098
30 Booking Number 13862
31 Bottleneck 9572
32 Buffer Stock 59421
33 Build to Stock 13057
34 Bullwhip Effect 9711
35 Business Logistics 25823
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12607
37 Capacity Management 40711
38 Capacity Utilization 14156
39 Capital Intensive 8464
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8800
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12185
42 Certified Supplier 8995
43 Channel Effectiveness 8964
44 Co-Destiny 9336
45 Co-managed Inventory 12607
46 Co-Packers 11815
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6919
48 Computer-Based Training 7722
49 Consular Invoice 19865
50 Container Depot 10642
51 Container Freight Station 10306
52 Continuous Replenishment 19612
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12123
54 Contract Carrier 7343
55 Contract of Affreightment 11451
56 Control Charts 7989
57 Cost Flow 10312
58 Courier Service 15289
59 CPFR 8262
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11841
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44257
62 Date Code 18306
63 Days of Supply 19892
64 Dead on Arrival 9374
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7344
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8153
67 Detective Control 8943
68 Devanning 14251
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11006
70 Dispatching 24602
71 Distributed Inventory 8393
72 Distribution Channel Management 34871
73 Distribution Metrics 9182
74 Distribution Planning 24250
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15279
76 Double Marginalization 52830
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22439
78 Dual 5469
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20659
80 Echelon Inventory 26255
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38311
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49857
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7651
84 Efficient Frontier 25563
85 Engineer-to-Order 31822
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16600
87 Erlang B Formula 9382
88 ETD 8361
89 Ex Works 7863
90 Exception Rate 13543
91 Exponential smoothing 9856
92 External Growth 10122
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9555
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10618
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8829
97 Fishbone Diagram 14653
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27129
99 Flow Through Distribution 12357
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8216
 
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