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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 9817
2 3D Loading 6211
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21282
4 5 Point Annual Average 8840
5 5 Whys 21956
6 5S Program 7923
7 ABC Analysis 33283
8 ABC Inventory Control 16861
9 Abnormal Demand 23874
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7315
11 Activity Analysis 11118
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13727
13 Actual Demand 10742
14 Aggregate Planning 11686
15 Air Cargo 9579
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6282
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34303
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15067
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18652
20 Assembly Line 20947
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22437
22 Average Speed of Answer 26228
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22274
24 Batch Production 37130
25 Bill Discounting 13849
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10579
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6769
28 Blanket Release 9614
29 Bonded Warehouse 9689
30 Booking Number 13138
31 Bottleneck 8991
32 Buffer Stock 57615
33 Build to Stock 12533
34 Bullwhip Effect 9097
35 Business Logistics 24721
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12181
37 Capacity Management 38678
38 Capacity Utilization 13543
39 Capital Intensive 7898
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8117
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11610
42 Certified Supplier 8704
43 Channel Effectiveness 8631
44 Co-Destiny 8902
45 Co-managed Inventory 12013
46 Co-Packers 11413
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6436
48 Computer-Based Training 7384
49 Consular Invoice 19037
50 Container Depot 10200
51 Container Freight Station 10011
52 Continuous Replenishment 18999
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11659
54 Contract Carrier 7115
55 Contract of Affreightment 11065
56 Control Charts 7610
57 Cost Flow 9927
58 Courier Service 14579
59 CPFR 7864
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11358
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42734
62 Date Code 17489
63 Days of Supply 19250
64 Dead on Arrival 8742
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6977
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7699
67 Detective Control 8584
68 Devanning 13850
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10407
70 Dispatching 23165
71 Distributed Inventory 8054
72 Distribution Channel Management 33587
73 Distribution Metrics 8462
74 Distribution Planning 23707
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14629
76 Double Marginalization 51815
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21806
78 Dual 5138
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20184
80 Echelon Inventory 25698
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37743
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48255
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7288
84 Efficient Frontier 24655
85 Engineer-to-Order 30972
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15599
87 Erlang B Formula 8928
88 ETD 7959
89 Ex Works 7566
90 Exception Rate 12930
91 Exponential smoothing 9475
92 External Growth 9684
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9080
94 Field Services 7486
95 Field Warehouse 9527
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8218
97 Fishbone Diagram 14135
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26244
99 Flow Through Distribution 11889
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7781
 
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