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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 10122
2 3D Loading 6397
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21543
4 5 Point Annual Average 9043
5 5 Whys 22188
6 5S Program 8115
7 ABC Analysis 33879
8 ABC Inventory Control 17066
9 Abnormal Demand 24156
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7514
11 Activity Analysis 11316
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14153
13 Actual Demand 11027
14 Aggregate Planning 11962
15 Air Cargo 9873
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6484
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34621
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15220
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18978
20 Assembly Line 21764
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22729
22 Average Speed of Answer 26412
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22785
24 Batch Production 37810
25 Bill Discounting 14223
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10921
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6971
28 Blanket Release 9817
29 Bonded Warehouse 9907
30 Booking Number 13497
31 Bottleneck 9302
32 Buffer Stock 58584
33 Build to Stock 12770
34 Bullwhip Effect 9362
35 Business Logistics 25244
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12379
37 Capacity Management 39835
38 Capacity Utilization 13861
39 Capital Intensive 8184
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8473
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11922
42 Certified Supplier 8850
43 Channel Effectiveness 8808
44 Co-Destiny 9098
45 Co-managed Inventory 12272
46 Co-Packers 11599
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6682
48 Computer-Based Training 7545
49 Consular Invoice 19434
50 Container Depot 10431
51 Container Freight Station 10163
52 Continuous Replenishment 19274
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11893
54 Contract Carrier 7226
55 Contract of Affreightment 11254
56 Control Charts 7810
57 Cost Flow 10122
58 Courier Service 14982
59 CPFR 8065
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11601
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43626
62 Date Code 17889
63 Days of Supply 19584
64 Dead on Arrival 9024
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7139
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7927
67 Detective Control 8747
68 Devanning 14060
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10677
70 Dispatching 23918
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34265
73 Distribution Metrics 8838
74 Distribution Planning 23986
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14962
76 Double Marginalization 52343
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22081
78 Dual 5323
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20389
80 Echelon Inventory 25937
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38046
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49140
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25127
85 Engineer-to-Order 31407
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16089
87 Erlang B Formula 9167
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7718
90 Exception Rate 13241
91 Exponential smoothing 9674
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9267
94 Field Services 7630
95 Field Warehouse 9751
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8541
97 Fishbone Diagram 14411
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26680
99 Flow Through Distribution 12124
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8000
 
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