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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 10191
2 3D Loading 6427
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21607
4 5 Point Annual Average 9085
5 5 Whys 22228
6 5S Program 8157
7 ABC Analysis 33984
8 ABC Inventory Control 17107
9 Abnormal Demand 24203
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7549
11 Activity Analysis 11361
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14250
13 Actual Demand 11072
14 Aggregate Planning 12009
15 Air Cargo 9919
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6534
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34676
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15248
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19036
20 Assembly Line 21916
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22789
22 Average Speed of Answer 26448
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22873
24 Batch Production 37940
25 Bill Discounting 14311
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11004
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7017
28 Blanket Release 9872
29 Bonded Warehouse 9948
30 Booking Number 13582
31 Bottleneck 9353
32 Buffer Stock 58724
33 Build to Stock 12807
34 Bullwhip Effect 9417
35 Business Logistics 25352
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12426
37 Capacity Management 39996
38 Capacity Utilization 13916
39 Capital Intensive 8235
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8538
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11970
42 Certified Supplier 8877
43 Channel Effectiveness 8836
44 Co-Destiny 9148
45 Co-managed Inventory 12316
46 Co-Packers 11639
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6733
48 Computer-Based Training 7582
49 Consular Invoice 19517
50 Container Depot 10480
51 Container Freight Station 10202
52 Continuous Replenishment 19324
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11935
54 Contract Carrier 7255
55 Contract of Affreightment 11289
56 Control Charts 7852
57 Cost Flow 10155
58 Courier Service 15042
59 CPFR 8100
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11646
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43754
62 Date Code 17993
63 Days of Supply 19653
64 Dead on Arrival 9073
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7187
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7979
67 Detective Control 8787
68 Devanning 14098
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10725
70 Dispatching 24067
71 Distributed Inventory 8248
72 Distribution Channel Management 34390
73 Distribution Metrics 8909
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15023
76 Double Marginalization 52408
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22133
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20440
80 Echelon Inventory 25982
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38099
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49263
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7504
84 Efficient Frontier 25218
85 Engineer-to-Order 31500
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16176
87 Erlang B Formula 9220
88 ETD 8203
89 Ex Works 7744
90 Exception Rate 13303
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9932
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9310
94 Field Services 7655
95 Field Warehouse 9816
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8599
97 Fishbone Diagram 14460
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26771
99 Flow Through Distribution 12166
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8041
 
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