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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 10072
2 3D Loading 6377
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21507
4 5 Point Annual Average 9017
5 5 Whys 22166
6 5S Program 8093
7 ABC Analysis 33818
8 ABC Inventory Control 17047
9 Abnormal Demand 24125
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7488
11 Activity Analysis 11294
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14108
13 Actual Demand 11006
14 Aggregate Planning 11931
15 Air Cargo 9847
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6452
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34585
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15205
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18944
20 Assembly Line 21644
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22698
22 Average Speed of Answer 26387
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22721
24 Batch Production 37732
25 Bill Discounting 14184
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10858
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6945
28 Blanket Release 9792
29 Bonded Warehouse 9881
30 Booking Number 13460
31 Bottleneck 9273
32 Buffer Stock 58463
33 Build to Stock 12747
34 Bullwhip Effect 9322
35 Business Logistics 25175
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12356
37 Capacity Management 39710
38 Capacity Utilization 13822
39 Capital Intensive 8141
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8424
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11884
42 Certified Supplier 8833
43 Channel Effectiveness 8795
44 Co-Destiny 9072
45 Co-managed Inventory 12240
46 Co-Packers 11579
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6658
48 Computer-Based Training 7530
49 Consular Invoice 19387
50 Container Depot 10403
51 Container Freight Station 10142
52 Continuous Replenishment 19242
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11864
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11217
56 Control Charts 7789
57 Cost Flow 10097
58 Courier Service 14933
59 CPFR 8040
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11576
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43497
62 Date Code 17826
63 Days of Supply 19542
64 Dead on Arrival 8985
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7115
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7900
67 Detective Control 8728
68 Devanning 14031
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10645
70 Dispatching 23787
71 Distributed Inventory 8198
72 Distribution Channel Management 34177
73 Distribution Metrics 8791
74 Distribution Planning 23953
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14923
76 Double Marginalization 52295
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22047
78 Dual 5307
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20354
80 Echelon Inventory 25905
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38011
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49037
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7445
84 Efficient Frontier 25066
85 Engineer-to-Order 31348
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16033
87 Erlang B Formula 9145
88 ETD 8123
89 Ex Works 7697
90 Exception Rate 13203
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9860
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9245
94 Field Services 7612
95 Field Warehouse 9730
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8503
97 Fishbone Diagram 14369
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26620
99 Flow Through Distribution 12096
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7970
 
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