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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 10093
2 3D Loading 6389
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21527
4 5 Point Annual Average 9029
5 5 Whys 22177
6 5S Program 8105
7 ABC Analysis 33845
8 ABC Inventory Control 17057
9 Abnormal Demand 24141
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7501
11 Activity Analysis 11305
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14136
13 Actual Demand 11015
14 Aggregate Planning 11945
15 Air Cargo 9856
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6469
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34603
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18961
20 Assembly Line 21711
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22715
22 Average Speed of Answer 26399
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22753
24 Batch Production 37764
25 Bill Discounting 14204
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10887
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6957
28 Blanket Release 9805
29 Bonded Warehouse 9894
30 Booking Number 13483
31 Bottleneck 9285
32 Buffer Stock 58532
33 Build to Stock 12758
34 Bullwhip Effect 9344
35 Business Logistics 25209
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12366
37 Capacity Management 39777
38 Capacity Utilization 13842
39 Capital Intensive 8162
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8450
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11898
42 Certified Supplier 8842
43 Channel Effectiveness 8801
44 Co-Destiny 9084
45 Co-managed Inventory 12250
46 Co-Packers 11589
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6669
48 Computer-Based Training 7536
49 Consular Invoice 19412
50 Container Depot 10416
51 Container Freight Station 10151
52 Continuous Replenishment 19258
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11878
54 Contract Carrier 7223
55 Contract of Affreightment 11233
56 Control Charts 7800
57 Cost Flow 10107
58 Courier Service 14960
59 CPFR 8052
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11588
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43563
62 Date Code 17856
63 Days of Supply 19563
64 Dead on Arrival 9005
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7128
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7913
67 Detective Control 8736
68 Devanning 14047
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10664
70 Dispatching 23850
71 Distributed Inventory 8206
72 Distribution Channel Management 34236
73 Distribution Metrics 8812
74 Distribution Planning 23970
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14949
76 Double Marginalization 52317
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22064
78 Dual 5314
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20372
80 Echelon Inventory 25918
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38029
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49085
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7455
84 Efficient Frontier 25097
85 Engineer-to-Order 31381
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16060
87 Erlang B Formula 9156
88 ETD 8140
89 Ex Works 7711
90 Exception Rate 13219
91 Exponential smoothing 9662
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9257
94 Field Services 7618
95 Field Warehouse 9740
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8524
97 Fishbone Diagram 14391
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26647
99 Flow Through Distribution 12106
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7981
 
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