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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 10202
2 3D Loading 6433
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21623
4 5 Point Annual Average 9090
5 5 Whys 22233
6 5S Program 8163
7 ABC Analysis 34005
8 ABC Inventory Control 17117
9 Abnormal Demand 24210
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7557
11 Activity Analysis 11367
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14263
13 Actual Demand 11077
14 Aggregate Planning 12016
15 Air Cargo 9929
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6539
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34685
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15257
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19041
20 Assembly Line 21943
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22798
22 Average Speed of Answer 26453
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22887
24 Batch Production 37963
25 Bill Discounting 14324
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11018
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7024
28 Blanket Release 9880
29 Bonded Warehouse 9957
30 Booking Number 13594
31 Bottleneck 9359
32 Buffer Stock 58749
33 Build to Stock 12817
34 Bullwhip Effect 9426
35 Business Logistics 25364
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12437
37 Capacity Management 40026
38 Capacity Utilization 13925
39 Capital Intensive 8245
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8547
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11976
42 Certified Supplier 8883
43 Channel Effectiveness 8840
44 Co-Destiny 9157
45 Co-managed Inventory 12326
46 Co-Packers 11646
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6736
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19529
50 Container Depot 10488
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19331
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11942
54 Contract Carrier 7259
55 Contract of Affreightment 11297
56 Control Charts 7858
57 Cost Flow 10160
58 Courier Service 15052
59 CPFR 8109
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11654
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43772
62 Date Code 18009
63 Days of Supply 19664
64 Dead on Arrival 9081
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7196
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7983
67 Detective Control 8792
68 Devanning 14107
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10734
70 Dispatching 24096
71 Distributed Inventory 8253
72 Distribution Channel Management 34402
73 Distribution Metrics 8922
74 Distribution Planning 24047
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15032
76 Double Marginalization 52422
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22143
78 Dual 5359
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20448
80 Echelon Inventory 25995
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38111
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49286
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25230
85 Engineer-to-Order 31512
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16190
87 Erlang B Formula 9223
88 ETD 8211
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13315
91 Exponential smoothing 9728
92 External Growth 9940
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9839
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8610
97 Fishbone Diagram 14473
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26784
99 Flow Through Distribution 12172
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
 
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