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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 8869
2 3D Loading 5673
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20590
4 5 Point Annual Average 8295
5 5 Whys 21175
6 5S Program 7325
7 ABC Analysis 31104
8 ABC Inventory Control 15966
9 Abnormal Demand 23026
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6707
11 Activity Analysis 10456
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 12494
13 Actual Demand 9892
14 Aggregate Planning 10962
15 Air Cargo 8874
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5572
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33516
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14508
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17803
20 Assembly Line 18565
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21634
22 Average Speed of Answer 25590
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21103
24 Batch Production 34904
25 Bill Discounting 12768
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9722
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6191
28 Blanket Release 8901
29 Bonded Warehouse 9035
30 Booking Number 12133
31 Bottleneck 8236
32 Buffer Stock 54856
33 Build to Stock 11827
34 Bullwhip Effect 8315
35 Business Logistics 22991
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11601
37 Capacity Management 35398
38 Capacity Utilization 12653
39 Capital Intensive 7129
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7214
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10823
42 Certified Supplier 8148
43 Channel Effectiveness 8037
44 Co-Destiny 8305
45 Co-managed Inventory 11244
46 Co-Packers 10786
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5690
48 Computer-Based Training 6899
49 Consular Invoice 18045
50 Container Depot 9581
51 Container Freight Station 9422
52 Continuous Replenishment 18205
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10998
54 Contract Carrier 6694
55 Contract of Affreightment 10476
56 Control Charts 7053
57 Cost Flow 9360
58 Courier Service 13468
59 CPFR 7187
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10767
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 40405
62 Date Code 16209
63 Days of Supply 18387
64 Dead on Arrival 7957
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6466
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7045
67 Detective Control 7916
68 Devanning 13176
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9623
70 Dispatching 21206
71 Distributed Inventory 7548
72 Distribution Channel Management 31671
73 Distribution Metrics 7544
74 Distribution Planning 22845
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13766
76 Double Marginalization 50353
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20975
78 Dual 4542
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19505
80 Echelon Inventory 25048
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36403
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 45724
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6658
84 Efficient Frontier 23572
85 Engineer-to-Order 29717
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14580
87 Erlang B Formula 8176
88 ETD 7326
89 Ex Works 7050
90 Exception Rate 11985
91 Exponential smoothing 8902
92 External Growth 8989
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8467
94 Field Services 7014
95 Field Warehouse 8958
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7106
97 Fishbone Diagram 13367
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 24929
99 Flow Through Distribution 11122
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7074
 
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