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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 10186
2 3D Loading 6425
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21601
4 5 Point Annual Average 9079
5 5 Whys 22227
6 5S Program 8151
7 ABC Analysis 33976
8 ABC Inventory Control 17103
9 Abnormal Demand 24199
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7546
11 Activity Analysis 11355
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14240
13 Actual Demand 11068
14 Aggregate Planning 12004
15 Air Cargo 9916
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6529
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34670
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15244
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19030
20 Assembly Line 21900
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22783
22 Average Speed of Answer 26445
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22861
24 Batch Production 37925
25 Bill Discounting 14305
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10999
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7014
28 Blanket Release 9864
29 Bonded Warehouse 9947
30 Booking Number 13575
31 Bottleneck 9349
32 Buffer Stock 58715
33 Build to Stock 12806
34 Bullwhip Effect 9412
35 Business Logistics 25342
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12420
37 Capacity Management 39983
38 Capacity Utilization 13909
39 Capital Intensive 8230
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8533
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11965
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8835
44 Co-Destiny 9146
45 Co-managed Inventory 12313
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6730
48 Computer-Based Training 7581
49 Consular Invoice 19512
50 Container Depot 10477
51 Container Freight Station 10200
52 Continuous Replenishment 19319
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11932
54 Contract Carrier 7253
55 Contract of Affreightment 11286
56 Control Charts 7849
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15038
59 CPFR 8099
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11643
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43740
62 Date Code 17982
63 Days of Supply 19649
64 Dead on Arrival 9070
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7183
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7977
67 Detective Control 8783
68 Devanning 14095
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10723
70 Dispatching 24057
71 Distributed Inventory 8247
72 Distribution Channel Management 34386
73 Distribution Metrics 8905
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15015
76 Double Marginalization 52404
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22132
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20435
80 Echelon Inventory 25980
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38091
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49249
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7500
84 Efficient Frontier 25216
85 Engineer-to-Order 31489
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16168
87 Erlang B Formula 9215
88 ETD 8198
89 Ex Works 7742
90 Exception Rate 13301
91 Exponential smoothing 9722
92 External Growth 9928
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9308
94 Field Services 7653
95 Field Warehouse 9809
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8593
97 Fishbone Diagram 14457
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26760
99 Flow Through Distribution 12164
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8039
 
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