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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 9351
2 3D Loading 5968
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20921
4 5 Point Annual Average 8571
5 5 Whys 21618
6 5S Program 7637
7 ABC Analysis 32286
8 ABC Inventory Control 16522
9 Abnormal Demand 23414
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7061
11 Activity Analysis 10808
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13131
13 Actual Demand 10326
14 Aggregate Planning 11352
15 Air Cargo 9226
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5943
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33922
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14830
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18218
20 Assembly Line 19755
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22036
22 Average Speed of Answer 25929
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21623
24 Batch Production 36110
25 Bill Discounting 13324
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10137
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6458
28 Blanket Release 9270
29 Bonded Warehouse 9412
30 Booking Number 12642
31 Bottleneck 8622
32 Buffer Stock 56168
33 Build to Stock 12195
34 Bullwhip Effect 8757
35 Business Logistics 23832
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11922
37 Capacity Management 36898
38 Capacity Utilization 13116
39 Capital Intensive 7525
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7661
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11195
42 Certified Supplier 8450
43 Channel Effectiveness 8382
44 Co-Destiny 8579
45 Co-managed Inventory 11627
46 Co-Packers 11142
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6068
48 Computer-Based Training 7173
49 Consular Invoice 18411
50 Container Depot 9914
51 Container Freight Station 9745
52 Continuous Replenishment 18615
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11336
54 Contract Carrier 6954
55 Contract of Affreightment 10817
56 Control Charts 7348
57 Cost Flow 9684
58 Courier Service 13945
59 CPFR 7589
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11079
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41532
62 Date Code 16866
63 Days of Supply 18860
64 Dead on Arrival 8331
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6752
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7380
67 Detective Control 8343
68 Devanning 13497
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10014
70 Dispatching 21987
71 Distributed Inventory 7810
72 Distribution Channel Management 32578
73 Distribution Metrics 8002
74 Distribution Planning 23320
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14195
76 Double Marginalization 51163
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21407
78 Dual 4876
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19916
80 Echelon Inventory 25394
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37118
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47006
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6970
84 Efficient Frontier 24081
85 Engineer-to-Order 30354
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15047
87 Erlang B Formula 8582
88 ETD 7678
89 Ex Works 7331
90 Exception Rate 12464
91 Exponential smoothing 9190
92 External Growth 9366
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8793
94 Field Services 7293
95 Field Warehouse 9279
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7706
97 Fishbone Diagram 13768
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25591
99 Flow Through Distribution 11525
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7459
 
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