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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 10266
2 3D Loading 6479
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21691
4 5 Point Annual Average 9128
5 5 Whys 22275
6 5S Program 8213
7 ABC Analysis 34137
8 ABC Inventory Control 17182
9 Abnormal Demand 24282
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7610
11 Activity Analysis 11419
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14394
13 Actual Demand 11136
14 Aggregate Planning 12069
15 Air Cargo 9997
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6582
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34755
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15292
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19108
20 Assembly Line 22142
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22880
22 Average Speed of Answer 26503
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22980
24 Batch Production 38153
25 Bill Discounting 14404
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11114
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7081
28 Blanket Release 9937
29 Bonded Warehouse 10003
30 Booking Number 13674
31 Bottleneck 9428
32 Buffer Stock 58988
33 Build to Stock 12864
34 Bullwhip Effect 9490
35 Business Logistics 25481
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12495
37 Capacity Management 40227
38 Capacity Utilization 13999
39 Capital Intensive 8317
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8623
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12043
42 Certified Supplier 8923
43 Channel Effectiveness 8875
44 Co-Destiny 9215
45 Co-managed Inventory 12386
46 Co-Packers 11695
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6792
48 Computer-Based Training 7634
49 Consular Invoice 19630
50 Container Depot 10544
51 Container Freight Station 10231
52 Continuous Replenishment 19390
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11999
54 Contract Carrier 7287
55 Contract of Affreightment 11341
56 Control Charts 7900
57 Cost Flow 10202
58 Courier Service 15131
59 CPFR 8154
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11713
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43950
62 Date Code 18094
63 Days of Supply 19729
64 Dead on Arrival 9148
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7245
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8036
67 Detective Control 8848
68 Devanning 14154
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10793
70 Dispatching 24301
71 Distributed Inventory 8296
72 Distribution Channel Management 34533
73 Distribution Metrics 9010
74 Distribution Planning 24110
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15115
76 Double Marginalization 52520
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22207
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20518
80 Echelon Inventory 26084
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38175
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49462
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7555
84 Efficient Frontier 25333
85 Engineer-to-Order 31611
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16292
87 Erlang B Formula 9279
88 ETD 8266
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13391
91 Exponential smoothing 9768
92 External Growth 9995
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9362
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10111
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26880
99 Flow Through Distribution 12236
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8099
 
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