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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 10655
2 3D Loading 6673
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22015
4 5 Point Annual Average 9362
5 5 Whys 22516
6 5S Program 8408
7 ABC Analysis 34804
8 ABC Inventory Control 17525
9 Abnormal Demand 24569
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7833
11 Activity Analysis 11682
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15062
13 Actual Demand 11353
14 Aggregate Planning 12417
15 Air Cargo 10325
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6800
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35097
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15466
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19530
20 Assembly Line 23000
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23200
22 Average Speed of Answer 26728
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23471
24 Batch Production 38874
25 Bill Discounting 14789
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11477
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7317
28 Blanket Release 10203
29 Bonded Warehouse 10234
30 Booking Number 14113
31 Bottleneck 9741
32 Buffer Stock 59762
33 Build to Stock 13197
34 Bullwhip Effect 9915
35 Business Logistics 26115
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12746
37 Capacity Management 41356
38 Capacity Utilization 14367
39 Capital Intensive 8634
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9004
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12334
42 Certified Supplier 9093
43 Channel Effectiveness 9094
44 Co-Destiny 9472
45 Co-managed Inventory 12774
46 Co-Packers 11946
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7070
48 Computer-Based Training 7830
49 Consular Invoice 20090
50 Container Depot 10764
51 Container Freight Station 10409
52 Continuous Replenishment 19760
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12243
54 Contract Carrier 7416
55 Contract of Affreightment 11589
56 Control Charts 8107
57 Cost Flow 10452
58 Courier Service 15455
59 CPFR 8373
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11987
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44686
62 Date Code 18620
63 Days of Supply 20064
64 Dead on Arrival 9547
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7458
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8296
67 Detective Control 9097
68 Devanning 14389
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11157
70 Dispatching 24902
71 Distributed Inventory 8502
72 Distribution Channel Management 35248
73 Distribution Metrics 9388
74 Distribution Planning 24446
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15467
76 Double Marginalization 53099
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22629
78 Dual 5562
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20804
80 Echelon Inventory 26510
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38524
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50314
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7771
84 Efficient Frontier 25807
85 Engineer-to-Order 32043
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16878
87 Erlang B Formula 9498
88 ETD 8488
89 Ex Works 7961
90 Exception Rate 13727
91 Exponential smoothing 9970
92 External Growth 10270
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9720
94 Field Services 7860
95 Field Warehouse 11205
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9048
97 Fishbone Diagram 14814
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27420
99 Flow Through Distribution 12523
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8376
 
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