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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 10427
2 3D Loading 6537
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21796
4 5 Point Annual Average 9193
5 5 Whys 22351
6 5S Program 8272
7 ABC Analysis 34339
8 ABC Inventory Control 17271
9 Abnormal Demand 24370
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7669
11 Activity Analysis 11496
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14599
13 Actual Demand 11211
14 Aggregate Planning 12236
15 Air Cargo 10077
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6655
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34872
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15338
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19300
20 Assembly Line 22428
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22980
22 Average Speed of Answer 26568
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23133
24 Batch Production 38389
25 Bill Discounting 14536
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11234
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7154
28 Blanket Release 10022
29 Bonded Warehouse 10068
30 Booking Number 13797
31 Bottleneck 9524
32 Buffer Stock 59267
33 Build to Stock 13020
34 Bullwhip Effect 9680
35 Business Logistics 25740
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12573
37 Capacity Management 40532
38 Capacity Utilization 14113
39 Capital Intensive 8414
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8744
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12138
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8933
44 Co-Destiny 9305
45 Co-managed Inventory 12566
46 Co-Packers 11781
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6881
48 Computer-Based Training 7695
49 Consular Invoice 19791
50 Container Depot 10611
51 Container Freight Station 10281
52 Continuous Replenishment 19564
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12084
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11420
56 Control Charts 7968
57 Cost Flow 10278
58 Courier Service 15241
59 CPFR 8227
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11806
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44165
62 Date Code 18237
63 Days of Supply 19841
64 Dead on Arrival 9329
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7315
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8112
67 Detective Control 8916
68 Devanning 14218
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10964
70 Dispatching 24526
71 Distributed Inventory 8360
72 Distribution Channel Management 34757
73 Distribution Metrics 9122
74 Distribution Planning 24203
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15219
76 Double Marginalization 52751
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22384
78 Dual 5444
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20618
80 Echelon Inventory 26212
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38275
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49740
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7620
84 Efficient Frontier 25492
85 Engineer-to-Order 31757
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16526
87 Erlang B Formula 9350
88 ETD 8337
89 Ex Works 7838
90 Exception Rate 13498
91 Exponential smoothing 9834
92 External Growth 10078
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9525
94 Field Services 7744
95 Field Warehouse 10471
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8768
97 Fishbone Diagram 14611
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27042
99 Flow Through Distribution 12312
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8184
 
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