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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 10398
2 3D Loading 6530
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21779
4 5 Point Annual Average 9185
5 5 Whys 22335
6 5S Program 8265
7 ABC Analysis 34310
8 ABC Inventory Control 17258
9 Abnormal Demand 24356
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7659
11 Activity Analysis 11485
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14573
13 Actual Demand 11203
14 Aggregate Planning 12211
15 Air Cargo 10069
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6647
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34859
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15331
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19269
20 Assembly Line 22387
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22965
22 Average Speed of Answer 26558
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23108
24 Batch Production 38356
25 Bill Discounting 14518
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11222
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7142
28 Blanket Release 10009
29 Bonded Warehouse 10056
30 Booking Number 13777
31 Bottleneck 9515
32 Buffer Stock 59219
33 Build to Stock 12994
34 Bullwhip Effect 9649
35 Business Logistics 25700
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40486
38 Capacity Utilization 14095
39 Capital Intensive 8405
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8729
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12124
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9294
45 Co-managed Inventory 12538
46 Co-Packers 11763
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6867
48 Computer-Based Training 7688
49 Consular Invoice 19768
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10273
52 Continuous Replenishment 19534
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11409
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15226
59 CPFR 8216
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44131
62 Date Code 18215
63 Days of Supply 19828
64 Dead on Arrival 9301
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7306
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10932
70 Dispatching 24494
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34722
73 Distribution Metrics 9105
74 Distribution Planning 24195
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15205
76 Double Marginalization 52701
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22355
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20602
80 Echelon Inventory 26195
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38255
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49702
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7611
84 Efficient Frontier 25469
85 Engineer-to-Order 31729
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16484
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7831
90 Exception Rate 13482
91 Exponential smoothing 9827
92 External Growth 10070
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9491
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10431
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8752
97 Fishbone Diagram 14603
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27015
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8170
 
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