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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 10530
2 3D Loading 6600
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21893
4 5 Point Annual Average 9257
5 5 Whys 22420
6 5S Program 8331
7 ABC Analysis 34547
8 ABC Inventory Control 17376
9 Abnormal Demand 24454
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7732
11 Activity Analysis 11572
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14778
13 Actual Demand 11265
14 Aggregate Planning 12303
15 Air Cargo 10182
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6717
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34959
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15384
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19386
20 Assembly Line 22678
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23076
22 Average Speed of Answer 26626
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23281
24 Batch Production 38591
25 Bill Discounting 14644
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11330
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7218
28 Blanket Release 10098
29 Bonded Warehouse 10131
30 Booking Number 13913
31 Bottleneck 9619
32 Buffer Stock 59517
33 Build to Stock 13089
34 Bullwhip Effect 9767
35 Business Logistics 25901
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12643
37 Capacity Management 40864
38 Capacity Utilization 14202
39 Capital Intensive 8513
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8855
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12219
42 Certified Supplier 9020
43 Channel Effectiveness 8995
44 Co-Destiny 9375
45 Co-managed Inventory 12649
46 Co-Packers 11850
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6955
48 Computer-Based Training 7753
49 Consular Invoice 19929
50 Container Depot 10673
51 Container Freight Station 10329
52 Continuous Replenishment 19647
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12154
54 Contract Carrier 7361
55 Contract of Affreightment 11485
56 Control Charts 8020
57 Cost Flow 10353
58 Courier Service 15340
59 CPFR 8284
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11882
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44351
62 Date Code 18368
63 Days of Supply 19938
64 Dead on Arrival 9421
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7375
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8192
67 Detective Control 8982
68 Devanning 14290
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11049
70 Dispatching 24680
71 Distributed Inventory 8425
72 Distribution Channel Management 34984
73 Distribution Metrics 9234
74 Distribution Planning 24299
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15329
76 Double Marginalization 52895
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22483
78 Dual 5487
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20703
80 Echelon Inventory 26303
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38359
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49976
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7683
84 Efficient Frontier 25615
85 Engineer-to-Order 31874
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16668
87 Erlang B Formula 9417
88 ETD 8392
89 Ex Works 7886
90 Exception Rate 13591
91 Exponential smoothing 9890
92 External Growth 10166
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9587
94 Field Services 7791
95 Field Warehouse 10743
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8880
97 Fishbone Diagram 14690
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27202
99 Flow Through Distribution 12400
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8259
 
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