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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 10224
2 3D Loading 6445
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21647
4 5 Point Annual Average 9100
5 5 Whys 22245
6 5S Program 8180
7 ABC Analysis 34048
8 ABC Inventory Control 17136
9 Abnormal Demand 24228
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7571
11 Activity Analysis 11385
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14309
13 Actual Demand 11100
14 Aggregate Planning 12032
15 Air Cargo 9956
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6551
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34706
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15270
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19070
20 Assembly Line 22020
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22829
22 Average Speed of Answer 26470
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22916
24 Batch Production 38015
25 Bill Discounting 14346
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11055
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7044
28 Blanket Release 9898
29 Bonded Warehouse 9972
30 Booking Number 13620
31 Bottleneck 9380
32 Buffer Stock 58822
33 Build to Stock 12832
34 Bullwhip Effect 9445
35 Business Logistics 25401
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12452
37 Capacity Management 40093
38 Capacity Utilization 13951
39 Capital Intensive 8268
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8572
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11997
42 Certified Supplier 8897
43 Channel Effectiveness 8849
44 Co-Destiny 9175
45 Co-managed Inventory 12348
46 Co-Packers 11663
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6753
48 Computer-Based Training 7603
49 Consular Invoice 19556
50 Container Depot 10513
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19350
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11956
54 Contract Carrier 7267
55 Contract of Affreightment 11309
56 Control Charts 7872
57 Cost Flow 10176
58 Courier Service 15081
59 CPFR 8121
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11673
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43831
62 Date Code 18043
63 Days of Supply 19680
64 Dead on Arrival 9098
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7213
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7999
67 Detective Control 8811
68 Devanning 14120
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10749
70 Dispatching 24176
71 Distributed Inventory 8263
72 Distribution Channel Management 34455
73 Distribution Metrics 8948
74 Distribution Planning 24067
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15062
76 Double Marginalization 52454
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22160
78 Dual 5369
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20471
80 Echelon Inventory 26024
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38130
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49347
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7522
84 Efficient Frontier 25272
85 Engineer-to-Order 31544
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16226
87 Erlang B Formula 9243
88 ETD 8228
89 Ex Works 7763
90 Exception Rate 13335
91 Exponential smoothing 9740
92 External Growth 9955
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9333
94 Field Services 7672
95 Field Warehouse 9900
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8635
97 Fishbone Diagram 14496
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26815
99 Flow Through Distribution 12197
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8064
 
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