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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 10547
2 3D Loading 6611
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21908
4 5 Point Annual Average 9268
5 5 Whys 22429
6 5S Program 8342
7 ABC Analysis 34576
8 ABC Inventory Control 17393
9 Abnormal Demand 24464
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7740
11 Activity Analysis 11582
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14806
13 Actual Demand 11274
14 Aggregate Planning 12317
15 Air Cargo 10196
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6727
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34974
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15391
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19395
20 Assembly Line 22706
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23095
22 Average Speed of Answer 26635
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23298
24 Batch Production 38623
25 Bill Discounting 14664
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11346
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7229
28 Blanket Release 10111
29 Bonded Warehouse 10144
30 Booking Number 13938
31 Bottleneck 9636
32 Buffer Stock 59542
33 Build to Stock 13105
34 Bullwhip Effect 9781
35 Business Logistics 25932
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12654
37 Capacity Management 40914
38 Capacity Utilization 14221
39 Capital Intensive 8531
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8871
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12227
42 Certified Supplier 9033
43 Channel Effectiveness 9010
44 Co-Destiny 9388
45 Co-managed Inventory 12660
46 Co-Packers 11861
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6969
48 Computer-Based Training 7762
49 Consular Invoice 19945
50 Container Depot 10681
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19658
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12165
54 Contract Carrier 7366
55 Contract of Affreightment 11496
56 Control Charts 8030
57 Cost Flow 10366
58 Courier Service 15357
59 CPFR 8297
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11890
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44383
62 Date Code 18402
63 Days of Supply 19955
64 Dead on Arrival 9435
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7382
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8204
67 Detective Control 8994
68 Devanning 14302
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11060
70 Dispatching 24705
71 Distributed Inventory 8434
72 Distribution Channel Management 35020
73 Distribution Metrics 9254
74 Distribution Planning 24315
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15349
76 Double Marginalization 52920
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22501
78 Dual 5494
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20717
80 Echelon Inventory 26330
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38374
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50014
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7691
84 Efficient Frontier 25639
85 Engineer-to-Order 31897
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16686
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8404
89 Ex Works 7896
90 Exception Rate 13611
91 Exponential smoothing 9900
92 External Growth 10175
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9602
94 Field Services 7797
95 Field Warehouse 10799
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8898
97 Fishbone Diagram 14703
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27229
99 Flow Through Distribution 12415
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8274
 
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