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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 10320
2 3D Loading 6504
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21745
4 5 Point Annual Average 9163
5 5 Whys 22310
6 5S Program 8241
7 ABC Analysis 34238
8 ABC Inventory Control 17222
9 Abnormal Demand 24321
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7638
11 Activity Analysis 11459
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14501
13 Actual Demand 11180
14 Aggregate Planning 12108
15 Air Cargo 10038
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6623
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34819
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15313
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) 23059
24 Batch Production 38279
25 Bill Discounting 14481
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11167
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7116
28 Blanket Release 9976
29 Bonded Warehouse 10037
30 Booking Number 13734
31 Bottleneck 9471
32 Buffer Stock 59140
33 Build to Stock 12902
34 Bullwhip Effect 9547
35 Business Logistics 25577
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12538
37 Capacity Management 40380
38 Capacity Utilization 14062
39 Capital Intensive 8371
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8693
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12089
42 Certified Supplier 8946
43 Channel Effectiveness 8901
44 Co-Destiny 9264
45 Co-managed Inventory 12436
46 Co-Packers 11736
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6830
48 Computer-Based Training 7666
49 Consular Invoice 19708
50 Container Depot 10580
51 Container Freight Station 10255
52 Continuous Replenishment 19433
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12041
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11386
56 Control Charts 7935
57 Cost Flow 10236
58 Courier Service 15188
59 CPFR 8188
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11762
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44064
62 Date Code 18172
63 Days of Supply 19787
64 Dead on Arrival 9204
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8076
67 Detective Control 8880
68 Devanning 14185
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10832
70 Dispatching 24418
71 Distributed Inventory 8326
72 Distribution Channel Management 34647
73 Distribution Metrics 9073
74 Distribution Planning 24159
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15172
76 Double Marginalization 52595
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5421
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20569
80 Echelon Inventory 26154
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38221
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49601
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7584
84 Efficient Frontier 25415
85 Engineer-to-Order 31688
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16376
87 Erlang B Formula 9320
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7812
90 Exception Rate 13444
91 Exponential smoothing 9805
92 External Growth 10036
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10342
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8726
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26960
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8138
 
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