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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 10556
2 3D Loading 6614
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21913
4 5 Point Annual Average 9274
5 5 Whys 22434
6 5S Program 8346
7 ABC Analysis 34587
8 ABC Inventory Control 17399
9 Abnormal Demand 24474
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7746
11 Activity Analysis 11591
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14821
13 Actual Demand 11277
14 Aggregate Planning 12322
15 Air Cargo 10208
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6732
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34984
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15398
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19404
20 Assembly Line 22726
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23103
22 Average Speed of Answer 26640
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23306
24 Batch Production 38642
25 Bill Discounting 14671
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11352
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7232
28 Blanket Release 10117
29 Bonded Warehouse 10149
30 Booking Number 13953
31 Bottleneck 9646
32 Buffer Stock 59559
33 Build to Stock 13108
34 Bullwhip Effect 9791
35 Business Logistics 25953
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12657
37 Capacity Management 40940
38 Capacity Utilization 14229
39 Capital Intensive 8534
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8880
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12236
42 Certified Supplier 9037
43 Channel Effectiveness 9013
44 Co-Destiny 9392
45 Co-managed Inventory 12666
46 Co-Packers 11867
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6973
48 Computer-Based Training 7765
49 Consular Invoice 19953
50 Container Depot 10688
51 Container Freight Station 10341
52 Continuous Replenishment 19663
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12173
54 Contract Carrier 7370
55 Contract of Affreightment 11500
56 Control Charts 8035
57 Cost Flow 10368
58 Courier Service 15363
59 CPFR 8304
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11900
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44399
62 Date Code 18422
63 Days of Supply 19964
64 Dead on Arrival 9444
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7387
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8209
67 Detective Control 9001
68 Devanning 14310
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11066
70 Dispatching 24717
71 Distributed Inventory 8438
72 Distribution Channel Management 35035
73 Distribution Metrics 9260
74 Distribution Planning 24324
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15359
76 Double Marginalization 52940
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22507
78 Dual 5497
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20723
80 Echelon Inventory 26341
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38384
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50037
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7696
84 Efficient Frontier 25647
85 Engineer-to-Order 31908
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16699
87 Erlang B Formula 9432
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7900
90 Exception Rate 13619
91 Exponential smoothing 9907
92 External Growth 10183
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9609
94 Field Services 7800
95 Field Warehouse 10822
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8908
97 Fishbone Diagram 14709
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27241
99 Flow Through Distribution 12423
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8278
 
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