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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 10209
2 3D Loading 6437
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21626
4 5 Point Annual Average 9093
5 5 Whys 22236
6 5S Program 8166
7 ABC Analysis 34013
8 ABC Inventory Control 17122
9 Abnormal Demand 24214
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7561
11 Activity Analysis 11371
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14271
13 Actual Demand 11081
14 Aggregate Planning 12021
15 Air Cargo 9934
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6542
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34688
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15260
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19046
20 Assembly Line 21955
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22803
22 Average Speed of Answer 26457
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22892
24 Batch Production 37973
25 Bill Discounting 14327
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11024
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7029
28 Blanket Release 9885
29 Bonded Warehouse 9959
30 Booking Number 13598
31 Bottleneck 9362
32 Buffer Stock 58762
33 Build to Stock 12819
34 Bullwhip Effect 9427
35 Business Logistics 25370
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12440
37 Capacity Management 40041
38 Capacity Utilization 13928
39 Capital Intensive 8250
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8555
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11981
42 Certified Supplier 8885
43 Channel Effectiveness 8844
44 Co-Destiny 9159
45 Co-managed Inventory 12330
46 Co-Packers 11651
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6738
48 Computer-Based Training 7589
49 Consular Invoice 19536
50 Container Depot 10493
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19334
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11946
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11301
56 Control Charts 7861
57 Cost Flow 10163
58 Courier Service 15063
59 CPFR 8113
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11661
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43780
62 Date Code 18016
63 Days of Supply 19668
64 Dead on Arrival 9085
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7198
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7987
67 Detective Control 8796
68 Devanning 14111
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10739
70 Dispatching 24109
71 Distributed Inventory 8254
72 Distribution Channel Management 34407
73 Distribution Metrics 8926
74 Distribution Planning 24051
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15037
76 Double Marginalization 52427
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22146
78 Dual 5363
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20453
80 Echelon Inventory 26001
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38113
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49299
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7511
84 Efficient Frontier 25236
85 Engineer-to-Order 31517
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16198
87 Erlang B Formula 9229
88 ETD 8212
89 Ex Works 7752
90 Exception Rate 13318
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9944
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9319
94 Field Services 7661
95 Field Warehouse 9848
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8613
97 Fishbone Diagram 14476
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26789
99 Flow Through Distribution 12176
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8048
 
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