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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 8414
2 3D Loading 5409
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20360
4 5 Point Annual Average 7999
5 5 Whys 20840
6 5S Program 7073
7 ABC Analysis 30156
8 ABC Inventory Control 15584
9 Abnormal Demand 22631
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6448
11 Activity Analysis 10151
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 11695
13 Actual Demand 9493
14 Aggregate Planning 10617
15 Air Cargo 8519
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5248
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33099
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14215
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17321
20 Assembly Line 17299
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21225
22 Average Speed of Answer 25313
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 20635
24 Batch Production 33966
25 Bill Discounting 12301
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9321
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5958
28 Blanket Release 8457
29 Bonded Warehouse 8766
30 Booking Number 11591
31 Bottleneck 7966
32 Buffer Stock 53289
33 Build to Stock 11461
34 Bullwhip Effect 7986
35 Business Logistics 22333
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11298
37 Capacity Management 33852
38 Capacity Utilization 12184
39 Capital Intensive 6829
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6820
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10488
42 Certified Supplier 7874
43 Channel Effectiveness 7703
44 Co-Destiny 7978
45 Co-managed Inventory 10837
46 Co-Packers 10498
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5316
48 Computer-Based Training 6650
49 Consular Invoice 17570
50 Container Depot 9318
51 Container Freight Station 9169
52 Continuous Replenishment 17784
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10716
54 Contract Carrier 6434
55 Contract of Affreightment 10144
56 Control Charts 6808
57 Cost Flow 9065
58 Courier Service 13126
59 CPFR 6925
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10480
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 39020
62 Date Code 15686
63 Days of Supply 17962
64 Dead on Arrival 7615
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6215
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6695
67 Detective Control 7538
68 Devanning 12843
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9260
70 Dispatching 20526
71 Distributed Inventory 7295
72 Distribution Channel Management 30643
73 Distribution Metrics 7186
74 Distribution Planning 22426
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13335
76 Double Marginalization 49609
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20590
78 Dual 4285
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19126
80 Echelon Inventory 24698
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 35876
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 44441
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6382
84 Efficient Frontier 22800
85 Engineer-to-Order 29023
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14152
87 Erlang B Formula 7778
88 ETD 6996
89 Ex Works 6768
90 Exception Rate 11400
91 Exponential smoothing 8606
92 External Growth 8682
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8213
94 Field Services 6727
95 Field Warehouse 8645
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6568
97 Fishbone Diagram 13044
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 24138
99 Flow Through Distribution 10784
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6765
 
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