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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 10224
2 3D Loading 6446
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21650
4 5 Point Annual Average 9103
5 5 Whys 22245
6 5S Program 8180
7 ABC Analysis 34052
8 ABC Inventory Control 17138
9 Abnormal Demand 24231
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7574
11 Activity Analysis 11387
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14313
13 Actual Demand 11101
14 Aggregate Planning 12033
15 Air Cargo 9957
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6553
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34709
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15271
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19071
20 Assembly Line 22026
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22832
22 Average Speed of Answer 26472
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22919
24 Batch Production 38016
25 Bill Discounting 14347
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11057
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7046
28 Blanket Release 9899
29 Bonded Warehouse 9974
30 Booking Number 13625
31 Bottleneck 9380
32 Buffer Stock 58825
33 Build to Stock 12833
34 Bullwhip Effect 9445
35 Business Logistics 25406
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12455
37 Capacity Management 40098
38 Capacity Utilization 13952
39 Capital Intensive 8269
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8576
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11999
42 Certified Supplier 8898
43 Channel Effectiveness 8851
44 Co-Destiny 9178
45 Co-managed Inventory 12349
46 Co-Packers 11664
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6757
48 Computer-Based Training 7605
49 Consular Invoice 19557
50 Container Depot 10513
51 Container Freight Station 10211
52 Continuous Replenishment 19352
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11958
54 Contract Carrier 7267
55 Contract of Affreightment 11310
56 Control Charts 7874
57 Cost Flow 10176
58 Courier Service 15082
59 CPFR 8122
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11676
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43834
62 Date Code 18045
63 Days of Supply 19681
64 Dead on Arrival 9098
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7215
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8001
67 Detective Control 8812
68 Devanning 14120
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10753
70 Dispatching 24181
71 Distributed Inventory 8266
72 Distribution Channel Management 34457
73 Distribution Metrics 8951
74 Distribution Planning 24071
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15064
76 Double Marginalization 52458
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22162
78 Dual 5369
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20472
80 Echelon Inventory 26025
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38132
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49350
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7522
84 Efficient Frontier 25272
85 Engineer-to-Order 31548
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16228
87 Erlang B Formula 9244
88 ETD 8229
89 Ex Works 7764
90 Exception Rate 13338
91 Exponential smoothing 9740
92 External Growth 9955
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9334
94 Field Services 7673
95 Field Warehouse 9908
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8637
97 Fishbone Diagram 14498
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26817
99 Flow Through Distribution 12198
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8064
 
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