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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 10199
2 3D Loading 6431
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21613
4 5 Point Annual Average 9089
5 5 Whys 22232
6 5S Program 8162
7 ABC Analysis 33997
8 ABC Inventory Control 17115
9 Abnormal Demand 24207
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7554
11 Activity Analysis 11364
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14260
13 Actual Demand 11077
14 Aggregate Planning 12013
15 Air Cargo 9926
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6537
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34681
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15253
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19040
20 Assembly Line 21932
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22796
22 Average Speed of Answer 26450
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22879
24 Batch Production 37955
25 Bill Discounting 14316
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11013
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7022
28 Blanket Release 9877
29 Bonded Warehouse 9952
30 Booking Number 13589
31 Bottleneck 9358
32 Buffer Stock 58738
33 Build to Stock 12814
34 Bullwhip Effect 9423
35 Business Logistics 25359
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12431
37 Capacity Management 40008
38 Capacity Utilization 13919
39 Capital Intensive 8242
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8545
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11973
42 Certified Supplier 8881
43 Channel Effectiveness 8840
44 Co-Destiny 9154
45 Co-managed Inventory 12321
46 Co-Packers 11644
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6735
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19526
50 Container Depot 10484
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19328
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11940
54 Contract Carrier 7257
55 Contract of Affreightment 11295
56 Control Charts 7855
57 Cost Flow 10158
58 Courier Service 15048
59 CPFR 8105
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11651
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43767
62 Date Code 18002
63 Days of Supply 19662
64 Dead on Arrival 9079
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7194
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7982
67 Detective Control 8791
68 Devanning 14103
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10733
70 Dispatching 24085
71 Distributed Inventory 8252
72 Distribution Channel Management 34398
73 Distribution Metrics 8915
74 Distribution Planning 24044
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15029
76 Double Marginalization 52414
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22138
78 Dual 5356
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20446
80 Echelon Inventory 25992
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38107
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49276
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25226
85 Engineer-to-Order 31504
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16187
87 Erlang B Formula 9222
88 ETD 8207
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13311
91 Exponential smoothing 9727
92 External Growth 9937
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9314
94 Field Services 7657
95 Field Warehouse 9827
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8607
97 Fishbone Diagram 14467
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26780
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
 
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