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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 10213
2 3D Loading 6438
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21627
4 5 Point Annual Average 9093
5 5 Whys 22236
6 5S Program 8167
7 ABC Analysis 34014
8 ABC Inventory Control 17124
9 Abnormal Demand 24218
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7562
11 Activity Analysis 11371
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14273
13 Actual Demand 11082
14 Aggregate Planning 12023
15 Air Cargo 9934
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6542
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34690
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15261
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19048
20 Assembly Line 21960
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22804
22 Average Speed of Answer 26459
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22892
24 Batch Production 37976
25 Bill Discounting 14328
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11026
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7030
28 Blanket Release 9887
29 Bonded Warehouse 9959
30 Booking Number 13602
31 Bottleneck 9366
32 Buffer Stock 58768
33 Build to Stock 12820
34 Bullwhip Effect 9429
35 Business Logistics 25372
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12442
37 Capacity Management 40049
38 Capacity Utilization 13929
39 Capital Intensive 8252
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8556
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11982
42 Certified Supplier 8887
43 Channel Effectiveness 8846
44 Co-Destiny 9160
45 Co-managed Inventory 12331
46 Co-Packers 11654
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6739
48 Computer-Based Training 7590
49 Consular Invoice 19538
50 Container Depot 10494
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19338
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11947
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11302
56 Control Charts 7863
57 Cost Flow 10164
58 Courier Service 15065
59 CPFR 8117
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11661
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43785
62 Date Code 18016
63 Days of Supply 19670
64 Dead on Arrival 9087
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7199
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7988
67 Detective Control 8797
68 Devanning 14111
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10740
70 Dispatching 24117
71 Distributed Inventory 8256
72 Distribution Channel Management 34409
73 Distribution Metrics 8927
74 Distribution Planning 24052
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15040
76 Double Marginalization 52428
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22146
78 Dual 5363
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20456
80 Echelon Inventory 26002
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38117
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49304
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7511
84 Efficient Frontier 25239
85 Engineer-to-Order 31518
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16199
87 Erlang B Formula 9230
88 ETD 8213
89 Ex Works 7753
90 Exception Rate 13319
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9319
94 Field Services 7661
95 Field Warehouse 9854
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8613
97 Fishbone Diagram 14477
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26790
99 Flow Through Distribution 12178
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8050
 
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