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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 10081
2 3D Loading 6385
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21514
4 5 Point Annual Average 9023
5 5 Whys 22172
6 5S Program 8097
7 ABC Analysis 33833
8 ABC Inventory Control 17051
9 Abnormal Demand 24134
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7495
11 Activity Analysis 11300
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14123
13 Actual Demand 11010
14 Aggregate Planning 11936
15 Air Cargo 9851
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6460
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34595
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18951
20 Assembly Line 21674
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22704
22 Average Speed of Answer 26392
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22740
24 Batch Production 37747
25 Bill Discounting 14193
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10875
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6954
28 Blanket Release 9800
29 Bonded Warehouse 9886
30 Booking Number 13473
31 Bottleneck 9277
32 Buffer Stock 58502
33 Build to Stock 12753
34 Bullwhip Effect 9332
35 Business Logistics 25193
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12362
37 Capacity Management 39743
38 Capacity Utilization 13831
39 Capital Intensive 8150
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8438
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11891
42 Certified Supplier 8838
43 Channel Effectiveness 8798
44 Co-Destiny 9076
45 Co-managed Inventory 12245
46 Co-Packers 11583
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6666
48 Computer-Based Training 7533
49 Consular Invoice 19400
50 Container Depot 10409
51 Container Freight Station 10146
52 Continuous Replenishment 19251
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11870
54 Contract Carrier 7220
55 Contract of Affreightment 11221
56 Control Charts 7793
57 Cost Flow 10103
58 Courier Service 14948
59 CPFR 8044
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11584
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43534
62 Date Code 17842
63 Days of Supply 19552
64 Dead on Arrival 8995
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7121
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7906
67 Detective Control 8731
68 Devanning 14035
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10656
70 Dispatching 23820
71 Distributed Inventory 8203
72 Distribution Channel Management 34211
73 Distribution Metrics 8804
74 Distribution Planning 23961
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14935
76 Double Marginalization 52305
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22054
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20364
80 Echelon Inventory 25913
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38018
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49059
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7449
84 Efficient Frontier 25082
85 Engineer-to-Order 31363
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16049
87 Erlang B Formula 9150
88 ETD 8129
89 Ex Works 7707
90 Exception Rate 13211
91 Exponential smoothing 9657
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9252
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9734
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8514
97 Fishbone Diagram 14381
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26635
99 Flow Through Distribution 12100
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7977
 
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