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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 10231
2 3D Loading 6450
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21650
4 5 Point Annual Average 9106
5 5 Whys 22250
6 5S Program 8182
7 ABC Analysis 34057
8 ABC Inventory Control 17142
9 Abnormal Demand 24238
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7579
11 Activity Analysis 11391
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14324
13 Actual Demand 11105
14 Aggregate Planning 12036
15 Air Cargo 9961
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6555
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34712
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15273
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19073
20 Assembly Line 22033
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22835
22 Average Speed of Answer 26474
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22925
24 Batch Production 38021
25 Bill Discounting 14351
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11060
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7046
28 Blanket Release 9901
29 Bonded Warehouse 9976
30 Booking Number 13630
31 Bottleneck 9384
32 Buffer Stock 58835
33 Build to Stock 12835
34 Bullwhip Effect 9450
35 Business Logistics 25411
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12457
37 Capacity Management 40103
38 Capacity Utilization 13957
39 Capital Intensive 8275
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8583
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12002
42 Certified Supplier 8899
43 Channel Effectiveness 8854
44 Co-Destiny 9181
45 Co-managed Inventory 12353
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6763
48 Computer-Based Training 7606
49 Consular Invoice 19564
50 Container Depot 10515
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19357
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11963
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7876
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15085
59 CPFR 8123
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11680
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43847
62 Date Code 18049
63 Days of Supply 19686
64 Dead on Arrival 9104
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8814
68 Devanning 14121
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24190
71 Distributed Inventory 8268
72 Distribution Channel Management 34462
73 Distribution Metrics 8953
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52461
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22165
78 Dual 5373
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20475
80 Echelon Inventory 26033
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38138
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49357
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7526
84 Efficient Frontier 25280
85 Engineer-to-Order 31552
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16236
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8234
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13343
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9958
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9914
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8640
97 Fishbone Diagram 14500
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26823
99 Flow Through Distribution 12201
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8069
 
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