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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 10294
2 3D Loading 6493
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21719
4 5 Point Annual Average 9146
5 5 Whys 22290
6 5S Program 8228
7 ABC Analysis 34200
8 ABC Inventory Control 17203
9 Abnormal Demand 24302
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7623
11 Activity Analysis 11439
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14443
13 Actual Demand 11159
14 Aggregate Planning 12085
15 Air Cargo 10019
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6604
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34792
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15303
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19136
20 Assembly Line 22229
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22911
22 Average Speed of Answer 26515
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23024
24 Batch Production 38228
25 Bill Discounting 14444
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11136
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7100
28 Blanket Release 9960
29 Bonded Warehouse 10023
30 Booking Number 13706
31 Bottleneck 9449
32 Buffer Stock 59089
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9520
35 Business Logistics 25534
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12520
37 Capacity Management 40318
38 Capacity Utilization 14032
39 Capital Intensive 8344
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8658
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12062
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8890
44 Co-Destiny 9245
45 Co-managed Inventory 12409
46 Co-Packers 11717
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6810
48 Computer-Based Training 7654
49 Consular Invoice 19677
50 Container Depot 10561
51 Container Freight Station 10244
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12024
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11367
56 Control Charts 7917
57 Cost Flow 10219
58 Courier Service 15168
59 CPFR 8171
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11733
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44009
62 Date Code 18140
63 Days of Supply 19759
64 Dead on Arrival 9180
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7263
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8056
67 Detective Control 8865
68 Devanning 14169
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10816
70 Dispatching 24367
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34593
73 Distribution Metrics 9038
74 Distribution Planning 24136
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15148
76 Double Marginalization 52561
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22230
78 Dual 5405
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20542
80 Echelon Inventory 26121
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38200
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49527
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7569
84 Efficient Frontier 25376
85 Engineer-to-Order 31649
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16333
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8283
89 Ex Works 7800
90 Exception Rate 13419
91 Exponential smoothing 9784
92 External Growth 10017
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9379
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10243
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8704
97 Fishbone Diagram 14553
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26926
99 Flow Through Distribution 12258
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8122
 
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