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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 8515
2 3D Loading 5462
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20408
4 5 Point Annual Average 8075
5 5 Whys 20908
6 5S Program 7119
7 ABC Analysis 30360
8 ABC Inventory Control 15660
9 Abnormal Demand 22725
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6490
11 Activity Analysis 10233
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 11887
13 Actual Demand 9574
14 Aggregate Planning 10693
15 Air Cargo 8589
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5308
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33190
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14273
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17407
20 Assembly Line 17576
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21300
22 Average Speed of Answer 25368
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 20744
24 Batch Production 34135
25 Bill Discounting 12386
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9408
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6008
28 Blanket Release 8559
29 Bonded Warehouse 8816
30 Booking Number 11710
31 Bottleneck 8037
32 Buffer Stock 53703
33 Build to Stock 11536
34 Bullwhip Effect 8057
35 Business Logistics 22480
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11358
37 Capacity Management 34224
38 Capacity Utilization 12276
39 Capital Intensive 6894
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6889
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10566
42 Certified Supplier 7927
43 Channel Effectiveness 7779
44 Co-Destiny 8072
45 Co-managed Inventory 10922
46 Co-Packers 10561
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5382
48 Computer-Based Training 6709
49 Consular Invoice 17674
50 Container Depot 9369
51 Container Freight Station 9225
52 Continuous Replenishment 17876
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10762
54 Contract Carrier 6482
55 Contract of Affreightment 10208
56 Control Charts 6847
57 Cost Flow 9117
58 Courier Service 13184
59 CPFR 6989
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10539
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 39353
62 Date Code 15794
63 Days of Supply 18036
64 Dead on Arrival 7683
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6262
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6753
67 Detective Control 7634
68 Devanning 12905
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9335
70 Dispatching 20650
71 Distributed Inventory 7347
72 Distribution Channel Management 30883
73 Distribution Metrics 7252
74 Distribution Planning 22522
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13422
76 Double Marginalization 49764
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20672
78 Dual 4343
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19201
80 Echelon Inventory 24770
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 35992
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 44725
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6430
84 Efficient Frontier 22956
85 Engineer-to-Order 29191
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14251
87 Erlang B Formula 7855
88 ETD 7087
89 Ex Works 6834
90 Exception Rate 11541
91 Exponential smoothing 8661
92 External Growth 8736
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8270
94 Field Services 6787
95 Field Warehouse 8716
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6679
97 Fishbone Diagram 13113
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 24322
99 Flow Through Distribution 10868
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6840
 
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