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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 8646
2 3D Loading 5554
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20461
4 5 Point Annual Average 8170
5 5 Whys 21006
6 5S Program 7201
7 ABC Analysis 30634
8 ABC Inventory Control 15777
9 Abnormal Demand 22823
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6561
11 Activity Analysis 10304
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 12139
13 Actual Demand 9683
14 Aggregate Planning 10782
15 Air Cargo 8665
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5419
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33321
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14351
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17554
20 Assembly Line 17950
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21421
22 Average Speed of Answer 25453
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 20891
24 Batch Production 34419
25 Bill Discounting 12520
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9546
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6063
28 Blanket Release 8677
29 Bonded Warehouse 8885
30 Booking Number 11885
31 Bottleneck 8103
32 Buffer Stock 54175
33 Build to Stock 11623
34 Bullwhip Effect 8144
35 Business Logistics 22642
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11439
37 Capacity Management 34736
38 Capacity Utilization 12422
39 Capital Intensive 6985
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7017
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10649
42 Certified Supplier 8006
43 Channel Effectiveness 7866
44 Co-Destiny 8149
45 Co-managed Inventory 11048
46 Co-Packers 10636
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5512
48 Computer-Based Training 6772
49 Consular Invoice 17804
50 Container Depot 9436
51 Container Freight Station 9288
52 Continuous Replenishment 18002
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10835
54 Contract Carrier 6550
55 Contract of Affreightment 10320
56 Control Charts 6920
57 Cost Flow 9210
58 Courier Service 13284
59 CPFR 7051
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10622
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 39797
62 Date Code 15960
63 Days of Supply 18177
64 Dead on Arrival 7805
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6871
67 Detective Control 7742
68 Devanning 13005
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9454
70 Dispatching 20846
71 Distributed Inventory 7413
72 Distribution Channel Management 31172
73 Distribution Metrics 7348
74 Distribution Planning 22641
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13545
76 Double Marginalization 49934
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20787
78 Dual 4423
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19325
80 Echelon Inventory 24872
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36132
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 45084
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6514
84 Efficient Frontier 23215
85 Engineer-to-Order 29391
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14378
87 Erlang B Formula 7977
88 ETD 7186
89 Ex Works 6905
90 Exception Rate 11691
91 Exponential smoothing 8742
92 External Growth 8832
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8333
94 Field Services 6882
95 Field Warehouse 8814
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6852
97 Fishbone Diagram 13209
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 24562
99 Flow Through Distribution 10959
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6933
 
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