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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 10313
2 3D Loading 6503
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21738
4 5 Point Annual Average 9158
5 5 Whys 22305
6 5S Program 8235
7 ABC Analysis 34225
8 ABC Inventory Control 17215
9 Abnormal Demand 24315
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7633
11 Activity Analysis 11454
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14490
13 Actual Demand 11173
14 Aggregate Planning 12097
15 Air Cargo 10030
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6616
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34809
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15309
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19155
20 Assembly Line 22263
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22924
22 Average Speed of Answer 26529
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23052
24 Batch Production 38266
25 Bill Discounting 14470
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11161
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7113
28 Blanket Release 9971
29 Bonded Warehouse 10032
30 Booking Number 13726
31 Bottleneck 9463
32 Buffer Stock 59126
33 Build to Stock 12891
34 Bullwhip Effect 9540
35 Business Logistics 25570
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12532
37 Capacity Management 40363
38 Capacity Utilization 14056
39 Capital Intensive 8362
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8681
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12084
42 Certified Supplier 8942
43 Channel Effectiveness 8896
44 Co-Destiny 9256
45 Co-managed Inventory 12426
46 Co-Packers 11729
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6825
48 Computer-Based Training 7661
49 Consular Invoice 19699
50 Container Depot 10572
51 Container Freight Station 10252
52 Continuous Replenishment 19425
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12036
54 Contract Carrier 7300
55 Contract of Affreightment 11376
56 Control Charts 7929
57 Cost Flow 10229
58 Courier Service 15179
59 CPFR 8182
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11752
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44048
62 Date Code 18158
63 Days of Supply 19780
64 Dead on Arrival 9194
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7274
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8877
68 Devanning 14178
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10828
70 Dispatching 24405
71 Distributed Inventory 8315
72 Distribution Channel Management 34640
73 Distribution Metrics 9060
74 Distribution Planning 24153
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15163
76 Double Marginalization 52590
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22244
78 Dual 5417
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20562
80 Echelon Inventory 26144
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38214
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49584
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7579
84 Efficient Frontier 25405
85 Engineer-to-Order 31674
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16362
87 Erlang B Formula 9312
88 ETD 8296
89 Ex Works 7807
90 Exception Rate 13436
91 Exponential smoothing 9796
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9393
94 Field Services 7719
95 Field Warehouse 10316
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8715
97 Fishbone Diagram 14566
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26952
99 Flow Through Distribution 12273
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8135
 
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