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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 10322
2 3D Loading 6504
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21745
4 5 Point Annual Average 9164
5 5 Whys 22310
6 5S Program 8241
7 ABC Analysis 34241
8 ABC Inventory Control 17222
9 Abnormal Demand 24321
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7638
11 Activity Analysis 11461
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14503
13 Actual Demand 11180
14 Aggregate Planning 12108
15 Air Cargo 10039
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6623
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34819
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15314
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19164
20 Assembly Line 22283
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22931
22 Average Speed of Answer 26534
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23060
24 Batch Production 38280
25 Bill Discounting 14482
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11168
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7116
28 Blanket Release 9976
29 Bonded Warehouse 10037
30 Booking Number 13735
31 Bottleneck 9472
32 Buffer Stock 59141
33 Build to Stock 12903
34 Bullwhip Effect 9547
35 Business Logistics 25580
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12538
37 Capacity Management 40383
38 Capacity Utilization 14062
39 Capital Intensive 8373
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8696
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12089
42 Certified Supplier 8946
43 Channel Effectiveness 8901
44 Co-Destiny 9265
45 Co-managed Inventory 12436
46 Co-Packers 11736
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6832
48 Computer-Based Training 7666
49 Consular Invoice 19710
50 Container Depot 10580
51 Container Freight Station 10256
52 Continuous Replenishment 19433
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12041
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11386
56 Control Charts 7936
57 Cost Flow 10237
58 Courier Service 15188
59 CPFR 8189
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11763
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44065
62 Date Code 18173
63 Days of Supply 19787
64 Dead on Arrival 9205
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8077
67 Detective Control 8881
68 Devanning 14185
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10834
70 Dispatching 24420
71 Distributed Inventory 8326
72 Distribution Channel Management 34648
73 Distribution Metrics 9074
74 Distribution Planning 24159
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15172
76 Double Marginalization 52596
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5421
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20569
80 Echelon Inventory 26155
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38221
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49602
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7586
84 Efficient Frontier 25415
85 Engineer-to-Order 31689
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16377
87 Erlang B Formula 9320
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7812
90 Exception Rate 13444
91 Exponential smoothing 9806
92 External Growth 10037
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10346
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8727
97 Fishbone Diagram 14569
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26962
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8139
 
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