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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 10279
2 3D Loading 6488
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21712
4 5 Point Annual Average 9137
5 5 Whys 22284
6 5S Program 8223
7 ABC Analysis 34167
8 ABC Inventory Control 17195
9 Abnormal Demand 24289
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7616
11 Activity Analysis 11430
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14423
13 Actual Demand 11152
14 Aggregate Planning 12076
15 Air Cargo 10006
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6589
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34768
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19121
20 Assembly Line 22188
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22901
22 Average Speed of Answer 26509
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23002
24 Batch Production 38194
25 Bill Discounting 14422
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11127
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7090
28 Blanket Release 9951
29 Bonded Warehouse 10014
30 Booking Number 13690
31 Bottleneck 9439
32 Buffer Stock 59039
33 Build to Stock 12874
34 Bullwhip Effect 9503
35 Business Logistics 25506
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12503
37 Capacity Management 40276
38 Capacity Utilization 14015
39 Capital Intensive 8331
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8639
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12052
42 Certified Supplier 8929
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9227
45 Co-managed Inventory 12399
46 Co-Packers 11708
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6799
48 Computer-Based Training 7641
49 Consular Invoice 19653
50 Container Depot 10553
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19404
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12013
54 Contract Carrier 7291
55 Contract of Affreightment 11354
56 Control Charts 7912
57 Cost Flow 10212
58 Courier Service 15151
59 CPFR 8163
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11726
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43985
62 Date Code 18117
63 Days of Supply 19747
64 Dead on Arrival 9165
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7255
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8048
67 Detective Control 8860
68 Devanning 14163
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10806
70 Dispatching 24339
71 Distributed Inventory 8300
72 Distribution Channel Management 34562
73 Distribution Metrics 9021
74 Distribution Planning 24126
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15129
76 Double Marginalization 52542
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22218
78 Dual 5400
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20529
80 Echelon Inventory 26100
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38188
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49492
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7563
84 Efficient Frontier 25360
85 Engineer-to-Order 31628
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16314
87 Erlang B Formula 9295
88 ETD 8275
89 Ex Works 7791
90 Exception Rate 13405
91 Exponential smoothing 9776
92 External Growth 10010
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7704
95 Field Warehouse 10182
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8693
97 Fishbone Diagram 14541
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26901
99 Flow Through Distribution 12246
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
 
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