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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 10434
2 3D Loading 6540
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21798
4 5 Point Annual Average 9196
5 5 Whys 22354
6 5S Program 8275
7 ABC Analysis 34345
8 ABC Inventory Control 17273
9 Abnormal Demand 24372
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7671
11 Activity Analysis 11502
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14609
13 Actual Demand 11214
14 Aggregate Planning 12239
15 Air Cargo 10081
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6658
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34875
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15340
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19304
20 Assembly Line 22433
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22986
22 Average Speed of Answer 26571
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23141
24 Batch Production 38397
25 Bill Discounting 14541
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11237
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7159
28 Blanket Release 10025
29 Bonded Warehouse 10070
30 Booking Number 13803
31 Bottleneck 9528
32 Buffer Stock 59274
33 Build to Stock 13025
34 Bullwhip Effect 9682
35 Business Logistics 25748
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12576
37 Capacity Management 40544
38 Capacity Utilization 14116
39 Capital Intensive 8417
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8748
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12141
42 Certified Supplier 8971
43 Channel Effectiveness 8937
44 Co-Destiny 9308
45 Co-managed Inventory 12569
46 Co-Packers 11784
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6886
48 Computer-Based Training 7697
49 Consular Invoice 19800
50 Container Depot 10615
51 Container Freight Station 10284
52 Continuous Replenishment 19568
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12086
54 Contract Carrier 7322
55 Contract of Affreightment 11423
56 Control Charts 7971
57 Cost Flow 10281
58 Courier Service 15248
59 CPFR 8230
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11810
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44171
62 Date Code 18243
63 Days of Supply 19846
64 Dead on Arrival 9333
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7317
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8116
67 Detective Control 8918
68 Devanning 14219
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10968
70 Dispatching 24533
71 Distributed Inventory 8362
72 Distribution Channel Management 34763
73 Distribution Metrics 9126
74 Distribution Planning 24207
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15222
76 Double Marginalization 52760
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22388
78 Dual 5447
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20622
80 Echelon Inventory 26217
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38282
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49751
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7622
84 Efficient Frontier 25495
85 Engineer-to-Order 31762
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16533
87 Erlang B Formula 9352
88 ETD 8340
89 Ex Works 7839
90 Exception Rate 13501
91 Exponential smoothing 9836
92 External Growth 10082
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9528
94 Field Services 7746
95 Field Warehouse 10483
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8773
97 Fishbone Diagram 14617
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27048
99 Flow Through Distribution 12317
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8186
 
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