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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 10476
2 3D Loading 6561
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21835
4 5 Point Annual Average 9215
5 5 Whys 22374
6 5S Program 8292
7 ABC Analysis 34425
8 ABC Inventory Control 17305
9 Abnormal Demand 24402
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7692
11 Activity Analysis 11531
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14666
13 Actual Demand 11240
14 Aggregate Planning 12268
15 Air Cargo 10119
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6679
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34909
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15361
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19332
20 Assembly Line 22532
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23018
22 Average Speed of Answer 26588
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23195
24 Batch Production 38468
25 Bill Discounting 14585
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11269
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7176
28 Blanket Release 10055
29 Bonded Warehouse 10093
30 Booking Number 13851
31 Bottleneck 9563
32 Buffer Stock 59384
33 Build to Stock 13050
34 Bullwhip Effect 9704
35 Business Logistics 25806
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12597
37 Capacity Management 40677
38 Capacity Utilization 14146
39 Capital Intensive 8454
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8786
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12175
42 Certified Supplier 8988
43 Channel Effectiveness 8958
44 Co-Destiny 9329
45 Co-managed Inventory 12598
46 Co-Packers 11808
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6908
48 Computer-Based Training 7716
49 Consular Invoice 19851
50 Container Depot 10634
51 Container Freight Station 10301
52 Continuous Replenishment 19601
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12114
54 Contract Carrier 7339
55 Contract of Affreightment 11448
56 Control Charts 7985
57 Cost Flow 10304
58 Courier Service 15282
59 CPFR 8255
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11834
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44238
62 Date Code 18296
63 Days of Supply 19880
64 Dead on Arrival 9363
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7337
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8146
67 Detective Control 8936
68 Devanning 14242
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10998
70 Dispatching 24588
71 Distributed Inventory 8385
72 Distribution Channel Management 34844
73 Distribution Metrics 9166
74 Distribution Planning 24238
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15264
76 Double Marginalization 52815
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22427
78 Dual 5464
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20648
80 Echelon Inventory 26248
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38306
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49828
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7643
84 Efficient Frontier 25550
85 Engineer-to-Order 31812
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16583
87 Erlang B Formula 9379
88 ETD 8356
89 Ex Works 7861
90 Exception Rate 13534
91 Exponential smoothing 9849
92 External Growth 10114
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7764
95 Field Warehouse 10592
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8817
97 Fishbone Diagram 14643
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27111
99 Flow Through Distribution 12350
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8205
 
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