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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 10383
2 3D Loading 6526
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21773
4 5 Point Annual Average 9181
5 5 Whys 22331
6 5S Program 8260
7 ABC Analysis 34297
8 ABC Inventory Control 17250
9 Abnormal Demand 24350
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7654
11 Activity Analysis 11482
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14563
13 Actual Demand 11198
14 Aggregate Planning 12183
15 Air Cargo 10064
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6642
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34851
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15328
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19242
20 Assembly Line 22366
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22958
22 Average Speed of Answer 26555
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23103
24 Batch Production 38338
25 Bill Discounting 14510
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11214
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7134
28 Blanket Release 10002
29 Bonded Warehouse 10053
30 Booking Number 13770
31 Bottleneck 9506
32 Buffer Stock 59201
33 Build to Stock 12970
34 Bullwhip Effect 9624
35 Business Logistics 25671
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12563
37 Capacity Management 40459
38 Capacity Utilization 14089
39 Capital Intensive 8398
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8721
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12115
42 Certified Supplier 8961
43 Channel Effectiveness 8920
44 Co-Destiny 9288
45 Co-managed Inventory 12514
46 Co-Packers 11756
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6862
48 Computer-Based Training 7685
49 Consular Invoice 19759
50 Container Depot 10601
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19509
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12071
54 Contract Carrier 7315
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7956
57 Cost Flow 10263
58 Courier Service 15218
59 CPFR 8212
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11786
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44122
62 Date Code 18205
63 Days of Supply 19821
64 Dead on Arrival 9277
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8095
67 Detective Control 8901
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10907
70 Dispatching 24482
71 Distributed Inventory 8347
72 Distribution Channel Management 34703
73 Distribution Metrics 9099
74 Distribution Planning 24186
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15202
76 Double Marginalization 52674
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22330
78 Dual 5436
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20593
80 Echelon Inventory 26189
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38248
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49687
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7607
84 Efficient Frontier 25451
85 Engineer-to-Order 31719
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16459
87 Erlang B Formula 9336
88 ETD 8322
89 Ex Works 7828
90 Exception Rate 13477
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10062
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9467
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10416
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8746
97 Fishbone Diagram 14596
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27004
99 Flow Through Distribution 12300
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
 
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