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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 10221
2 3D Loading 6444
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21645
4 5 Point Annual Average 9099
5 5 Whys 22244
6 5S Program 8178
7 ABC Analysis 34045
8 ABC Inventory Control 17135
9 Abnormal Demand 24227
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7570
11 Activity Analysis 11384
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14307
13 Actual Demand 11097
14 Aggregate Planning 12030
15 Air Cargo 9954
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6550
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34705
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15268
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19067
20 Assembly Line 22015
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22828
22 Average Speed of Answer 26470
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22912
24 Batch Production 38013
25 Bill Discounting 14346
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11054
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7042
28 Blanket Release 9898
29 Bonded Warehouse 9971
30 Booking Number 13618
31 Bottleneck 9380
32 Buffer Stock 58818
33 Build to Stock 12832
34 Bullwhip Effect 9443
35 Business Logistics 25398
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12450
37 Capacity Management 40090
38 Capacity Utilization 13951
39 Capital Intensive 8268
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8571
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11997
42 Certified Supplier 8896
43 Channel Effectiveness 8849
44 Co-Destiny 9174
45 Co-managed Inventory 12345
46 Co-Packers 11663
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6753
48 Computer-Based Training 7603
49 Consular Invoice 19554
50 Container Depot 10511
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19350
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11955
54 Contract Carrier 7266
55 Contract of Affreightment 11309
56 Control Charts 7871
57 Cost Flow 10175
58 Courier Service 15078
59 CPFR 8121
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11673
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43828
62 Date Code 18042
63 Days of Supply 19677
64 Dead on Arrival 9097
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7212
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7999
67 Detective Control 8811
68 Devanning 14118
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10748
70 Dispatching 24173
71 Distributed Inventory 8262
72 Distribution Channel Management 34452
73 Distribution Metrics 8947
74 Distribution Planning 24065
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15059
76 Double Marginalization 52453
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22160
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20471
80 Echelon Inventory 26024
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38128
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49344
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7522
84 Efficient Frontier 25269
85 Engineer-to-Order 31542
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16226
87 Erlang B Formula 9241
88 ETD 8227
89 Ex Works 7761
90 Exception Rate 13334
91 Exponential smoothing 9738
92 External Growth 9954
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9333
94 Field Services 7672
95 Field Warehouse 9897
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8634
97 Fishbone Diagram 14496
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26812
99 Flow Through Distribution 12197
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8064
 
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