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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 10400
2 3D Loading 6532
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21781
4 5 Point Annual Average 9186
5 5 Whys 22336
6 5S Program 8267
7 ABC Analysis 34317
8 ABC Inventory Control 17260
9 Abnormal Demand 24357
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7663
11 Activity Analysis 11487
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14579
13 Actual Demand 11204
14 Aggregate Planning 12223
15 Air Cargo 10071
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6648
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34864
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15334
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19279
20 Assembly Line 22396
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22967
22 Average Speed of Answer 26559
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23111
24 Batch Production 38362
25 Bill Discounting 14522
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11223
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7142
28 Blanket Release 10011
29 Bonded Warehouse 10058
30 Booking Number 13780
31 Bottleneck 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59229
33 Build to Stock 13007
34 Bullwhip Effect 9662
35 Business Logistics 25712
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40497
38 Capacity Utilization 14099
39 Capital Intensive 8405
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8732
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12128
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9295
45 Co-managed Inventory 12551
46 Co-Packers 11765
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6869
48 Computer-Based Training 7689
49 Consular Invoice 19774
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10274
52 Continuous Replenishment 19546
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11411
56 Control Charts 7959
57 Cost Flow 10269
58 Courier Service 15229
59 CPFR 8219
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11794
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44134
62 Date Code 18218
63 Days of Supply 19829
64 Dead on Arrival 9312
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8907
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10943
70 Dispatching 24504
71 Distributed Inventory 8353
72 Distribution Channel Management 34731
73 Distribution Metrics 9111
74 Distribution Planning 24198
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15208
76 Double Marginalization 52714
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22368
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20605
80 Echelon Inventory 26198
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38258
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49711
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25473
85 Engineer-to-Order 31731
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16499
87 Erlang B Formula 9343
88 ETD 8327
89 Ex Works 7832
90 Exception Rate 13486
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9502
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10439
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8755
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27020
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8172
 
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