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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 10489
2 3D Loading 6572
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21848
4 5 Point Annual Average 9229
5 5 Whys 22392
6 5S Program 8303
7 ABC Analysis 34458
8 ABC Inventory Control 17324
9 Abnormal Demand 24418
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7701
11 Activity Analysis 11549
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14691
13 Actual Demand 11247
14 Aggregate Planning 12279
15 Air Cargo 10139
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6688
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34923
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15368
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19350
20 Assembly Line 22577
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23035
22 Average Speed of Answer 26601
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23223
24 Batch Production 38507
25 Bill Discounting 14602
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11294
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7191
28 Blanket Release 10070
29 Bonded Warehouse 10101
30 Booking Number 13866
31 Bottleneck 9576
32 Buffer Stock 59439
33 Build to Stock 13061
34 Bullwhip Effect 9716
35 Business Logistics 25831
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12612
37 Capacity Management 40737
38 Capacity Utilization 14162
39 Capital Intensive 8473
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8807
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12189
42 Certified Supplier 8998
43 Channel Effectiveness 8969
44 Co-Destiny 9339
45 Co-managed Inventory 12615
46 Co-Packers 11818
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6923
48 Computer-Based Training 7725
49 Consular Invoice 19876
50 Container Depot 10644
51 Container Freight Station 10308
52 Continuous Replenishment 19618
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12125
54 Contract Carrier 7346
55 Contract of Affreightment 11454
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10319
58 Courier Service 15297
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11846
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44271
62 Date Code 18315
63 Days of Supply 19899
64 Dead on Arrival 9383
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8157
67 Detective Control 8948
68 Devanning 14258
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11009
70 Dispatching 24610
71 Distributed Inventory 8397
72 Distribution Channel Management 34886
73 Distribution Metrics 9187
74 Distribution Planning 24253
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15284
76 Double Marginalization 52839
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22448
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26260
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38317
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49874
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7656
84 Efficient Frontier 25573
85 Engineer-to-Order 31835
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16610
87 Erlang B Formula 9388
88 ETD 8365
89 Ex Works 7867
90 Exception Rate 13548
91 Exponential smoothing 9860
92 External Growth 10127
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9562
94 Field Services 7770
95 Field Warehouse 10628
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8838
97 Fishbone Diagram 14659
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27140
99 Flow Through Distribution 12362
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8221
 
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