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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 10163
2 3D Loading 6410
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21571
4 5 Point Annual Average 9060
5 5 Whys 22209
6 5S Program 8134
7 ABC Analysis 33921
8 ABC Inventory Control 17084
9 Abnormal Demand 24173
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7532
11 Activity Analysis 11335
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14193
13 Actual Demand 11051
14 Aggregate Planning 11985
15 Air Cargo 9897
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6505
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34646
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15234
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19009
20 Assembly Line 21826
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22756
22 Average Speed of Answer 26428
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22822
24 Batch Production 37858
25 Bill Discounting 14260
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10961
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6990
28 Blanket Release 9832
29 Bonded Warehouse 9925
30 Booking Number 13536
31 Bottleneck 9325
32 Buffer Stock 58632
33 Build to Stock 12789
34 Bullwhip Effect 9383
35 Business Logistics 25283
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12395
37 Capacity Management 39911
38 Capacity Utilization 13886
39 Capital Intensive 8203
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8504
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11939
42 Certified Supplier 8860
43 Channel Effectiveness 8821
44 Co-Destiny 9118
45 Co-managed Inventory 12294
46 Co-Packers 11617
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6701
48 Computer-Based Training 7562
49 Consular Invoice 19470
50 Container Depot 10453
51 Container Freight Station 10181
52 Continuous Replenishment 19297
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11912
54 Contract Carrier 7239
55 Contract of Affreightment 11270
56 Control Charts 7828
57 Cost Flow 10142
58 Courier Service 15004
59 CPFR 8078
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11622
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43682
62 Date Code 17932
63 Days of Supply 19611
64 Dead on Arrival 9046
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7160
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7955
67 Detective Control 8763
68 Devanning 14077
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10696
70 Dispatching 23978
71 Distributed Inventory 8226
72 Distribution Channel Management 34330
73 Distribution Metrics 8870
74 Distribution Planning 24011
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14987
76 Double Marginalization 52375
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22106
78 Dual 5337
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20411
80 Echelon Inventory 25958
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38065
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49188
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25175
85 Engineer-to-Order 31446
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16120
87 Erlang B Formula 9186
88 ETD 8174
89 Ex Works 7729
90 Exception Rate 13266
91 Exponential smoothing 9694
92 External Growth 9905
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9285
94 Field Services 7642
95 Field Warehouse 9767
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8564
97 Fishbone Diagram 14433
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26721
99 Flow Through Distribution 12143
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8017
 
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