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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 10452
2 3D Loading 6550
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21813
4 5 Point Annual Average 9203
5 5 Whys 22362
6 5S Program 8283
7 ABC Analysis 34381
8 ABC Inventory Control 17289
9 Abnormal Demand 24386
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7682
11 Activity Analysis 11511
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14631
13 Actual Demand 11226
14 Aggregate Planning 12257
15 Air Cargo 10099
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6671
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34891
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15348
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19319
20 Assembly Line 22478
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23000
22 Average Speed of Answer 26578
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23165
24 Batch Production 38429
25 Bill Discounting 14557
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11246
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7167
28 Blanket Release 10042
29 Bonded Warehouse 10082
30 Booking Number 13821
31 Bottleneck 9544
32 Buffer Stock 59329
33 Build to Stock 13035
34 Bullwhip Effect 9694
35 Business Logistics 25772
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12587
37 Capacity Management 40602
38 Capacity Utilization 14129
39 Capital Intensive 8433
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8767
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12156
42 Certified Supplier 8978
43 Channel Effectiveness 8946
44 Co-Destiny 9319
45 Co-managed Inventory 12580
46 Co-Packers 11799
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6898
48 Computer-Based Training 7705
49 Consular Invoice 19826
50 Container Depot 10626
51 Container Freight Station 10294
52 Continuous Replenishment 19583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11434
56 Control Charts 7978
57 Cost Flow 10292
58 Courier Service 15265
59 CPFR 8242
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11820
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44204
62 Date Code 18264
63 Days of Supply 19860
64 Dead on Arrival 9345
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7328
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8129
67 Detective Control 8927
68 Devanning 14229
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10983
70 Dispatching 24557
71 Distributed Inventory 8373
72 Distribution Channel Management 34793
73 Distribution Metrics 9138
74 Distribution Planning 24226
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15241
76 Double Marginalization 52782
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22405
78 Dual 5456
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20635
80 Echelon Inventory 26236
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38293
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49784
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7632
84 Efficient Frontier 25516
85 Engineer-to-Order 31782
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16553
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8345
89 Ex Works 7849
90 Exception Rate 13514
91 Exponential smoothing 9843
92 External Growth 10095
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7756
95 Field Warehouse 10537
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8790
97 Fishbone Diagram 14627
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27070
99 Flow Through Distribution 12331
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8197
 
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