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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 10235
2 3D Loading 6454
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21658
4 5 Point Annual Average 9108
5 5 Whys 22252
6 5S Program 8192
7 ABC Analysis 34068
8 ABC Inventory Control 17147
9 Abnormal Demand 24244
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7582
11 Activity Analysis 11394
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14339
13 Actual Demand 11112
14 Aggregate Planning 12042
15 Air Cargo 9970
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6560
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34719
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15279
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19079
20 Assembly Line 22059
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22845
22 Average Speed of Answer 26483
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22930
24 Batch Production 38042
25 Bill Discounting 14360
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11070
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7051
28 Blanket Release 9908
29 Bonded Warehouse 9981
30 Booking Number 13640
31 Bottleneck 9390
32 Buffer Stock 58865
33 Build to Stock 12842
34 Bullwhip Effect 9455
35 Business Logistics 25423
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12465
37 Capacity Management 40125
38 Capacity Utilization 13961
39 Capital Intensive 8280
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8593
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12011
42 Certified Supplier 8902
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9187
45 Co-managed Inventory 12358
46 Co-Packers 11672
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7610
49 Consular Invoice 19578
50 Container Depot 10520
51 Container Freight Station 10213
52 Continuous Replenishment 19362
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11969
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11320
56 Control Charts 7883
57 Cost Flow 10181
58 Courier Service 15093
59 CPFR 8133
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11688
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43868
62 Date Code 18056
63 Days of Supply 19692
64 Dead on Arrival 9112
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7219
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8006
67 Detective Control 8819
68 Devanning 14127
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10763
70 Dispatching 24207
71 Distributed Inventory 8275
72 Distribution Channel Management 34482
73 Distribution Metrics 8965
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15078
76 Double Marginalization 52477
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22172
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20485
80 Echelon Inventory 26039
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38146
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49383
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7530
84 Efficient Frontier 25286
85 Engineer-to-Order 31564
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16249
87 Erlang B Formula 9253
88 ETD 8240
89 Ex Works 7770
90 Exception Rate 13350
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9963
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9341
94 Field Services 7679
95 Field Warehouse 9949
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8645
97 Fishbone Diagram 14505
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26833
99 Flow Through Distribution 12206
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8075
 
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