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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 10183
2 3D Loading 6422
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21592
4 5 Point Annual Average 9072
5 5 Whys 22221
6 5S Program 8147
7 ABC Analysis 33961
8 ABC Inventory Control 17096
9 Abnormal Demand 24190
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7542
11 Activity Analysis 11349
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14230
13 Actual Demand 11061
14 Aggregate Planning 11999
15 Air Cargo 9912
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6524
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34665
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15241
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19024
20 Assembly Line 21887
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22775
22 Average Speed of Answer 26442
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22852
24 Batch Production 37900
25 Bill Discounting 14292
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10985
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7005
28 Blanket Release 9852
29 Bonded Warehouse 9943
30 Booking Number 13563
31 Bottleneck 9341
32 Buffer Stock 58686
33 Build to Stock 12804
34 Bullwhip Effect 9404
35 Business Logistics 25324
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12415
37 Capacity Management 39965
38 Capacity Utilization 13903
39 Capital Intensive 8221
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8527
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11959
42 Certified Supplier 8870
43 Channel Effectiveness 8831
44 Co-Destiny 9139
45 Co-managed Inventory 12304
46 Co-Packers 11632
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6726
48 Computer-Based Training 7572
49 Consular Invoice 19498
50 Container Depot 10469
51 Container Freight Station 10193
52 Continuous Replenishment 19312
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11926
54 Contract Carrier 7247
55 Contract of Affreightment 11281
56 Control Charts 7838
57 Cost Flow 10149
58 Courier Service 15027
59 CPFR 8093
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11633
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43727
62 Date Code 17967
63 Days of Supply 19636
64 Dead on Arrival 9061
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7175
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7968
67 Detective Control 8778
68 Devanning 14092
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10714
70 Dispatching 24028
71 Distributed Inventory 8241
72 Distribution Channel Management 34365
73 Distribution Metrics 8895
74 Distribution Planning 24027
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15009
76 Double Marginalization 52394
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22124
78 Dual 5348
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20428
80 Echelon Inventory 25973
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38086
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49229
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7496
84 Efficient Frontier 25200
85 Engineer-to-Order 31478
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16153
87 Erlang B Formula 9209
88 ETD 8190
89 Ex Works 7740
90 Exception Rate 13290
91 Exponential smoothing 9713
92 External Growth 9922
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9300
94 Field Services 7649
95 Field Warehouse 9793
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8583
97 Fishbone Diagram 14451
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26747
99 Flow Through Distribution 12156
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8033
 
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