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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 10561
2 3D Loading 6618
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21921
4 5 Point Annual Average 9276
5 5 Whys 22437
6 5S Program 8352
7 ABC Analysis 34604
8 ABC Inventory Control 17403
9 Abnormal Demand 24478
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7751
11 Activity Analysis 11594
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14844
13 Actual Demand 11281
14 Aggregate Planning 12325
15 Air Cargo 10217
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6737
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34989
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15403
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19410
20 Assembly Line 22741
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23111
22 Average Speed of Answer 26646
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23323
24 Batch Production 38661
25 Bill Discounting 14681
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11355
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7235
28 Blanket Release 10122
29 Bonded Warehouse 10154
30 Booking Number 13965
31 Bottleneck 9656
32 Buffer Stock 59575
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9798
35 Business Logistics 25963
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12665
37 Capacity Management 40961
38 Capacity Utilization 14235
39 Capital Intensive 8542
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8885
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12242
42 Certified Supplier 9038
43 Channel Effectiveness 9017
44 Co-Destiny 9398
45 Co-managed Inventory 12674
46 Co-Packers 11870
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6979
48 Computer-Based Training 7768
49 Consular Invoice 19960
50 Container Depot 10692
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19667
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12177
54 Contract Carrier 7374
55 Contract of Affreightment 11507
56 Control Charts 8037
57 Cost Flow 10373
58 Courier Service 15368
59 CPFR 8308
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11902
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44416
62 Date Code 18436
63 Days of Supply 19969
64 Dead on Arrival 9452
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7393
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8214
67 Detective Control 9008
68 Devanning 14315
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11072
70 Dispatching 24729
71 Distributed Inventory 8443
72 Distribution Channel Management 35049
73 Distribution Metrics 9266
74 Distribution Planning 24329
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15367
76 Double Marginalization 52949
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22517
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20729
80 Echelon Inventory 26351
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38391
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50051
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7706
84 Efficient Frontier 25659
85 Engineer-to-Order 31913
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16713
87 Erlang B Formula 9438
88 ETD 8413
89 Ex Works 7906
90 Exception Rate 13628
91 Exponential smoothing 9912
92 External Growth 10189
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9614
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10843
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8917
97 Fishbone Diagram 14719
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27252
99 Flow Through Distribution 12428
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8284
 
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