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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 10200
2 3D Loading 6432
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21620
4 5 Point Annual Average 9090
5 5 Whys 22233
6 5S Program 8163
7 ABC Analysis 34004
8 ABC Inventory Control 17117
9 Abnormal Demand 24208
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7556
11 Activity Analysis 11367
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14261
13 Actual Demand 11077
14 Aggregate Planning 12014
15 Air Cargo 9929
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6539
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34682
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15257
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19041
20 Assembly Line 21936
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22798
22 Average Speed of Answer 26453
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22883
24 Batch Production 37957
25 Bill Discounting 14320
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11016
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7023
28 Blanket Release 9879
29 Bonded Warehouse 9957
30 Booking Number 13593
31 Bottleneck 9358
32 Buffer Stock 58745
33 Build to Stock 12815
34 Bullwhip Effect 9425
35 Business Logistics 25362
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12433
37 Capacity Management 40021
38 Capacity Utilization 13924
39 Capital Intensive 8245
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8547
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11975
42 Certified Supplier 8883
43 Channel Effectiveness 8840
44 Co-Destiny 9156
45 Co-managed Inventory 12325
46 Co-Packers 11645
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6735
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19528
50 Container Depot 10487
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19330
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11941
54 Contract Carrier 7259
55 Contract of Affreightment 11296
56 Control Charts 7858
57 Cost Flow 10158
58 Courier Service 15049
59 CPFR 8107
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11653
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43770
62 Date Code 18006
63 Days of Supply 19663
64 Dead on Arrival 9079
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7195
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7982
67 Detective Control 8792
68 Devanning 14106
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10733
70 Dispatching 24092
71 Distributed Inventory 8252
72 Distribution Channel Management 34401
73 Distribution Metrics 8920
74 Distribution Planning 24045
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15031
76 Double Marginalization 52419
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22143
78 Dual 5358
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20447
80 Echelon Inventory 25994
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38110
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49283
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25229
85 Engineer-to-Order 31508
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16190
87 Erlang B Formula 9222
88 ETD 8209
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13312
91 Exponential smoothing 9728
92 External Growth 9940
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9836
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8608
97 Fishbone Diagram 14470
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26783
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
 
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