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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 10183
2 3D Loading 6424
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21595
4 5 Point Annual Average 9075
5 5 Whys 22224
6 5S Program 8150
7 ABC Analysis 33969
8 ABC Inventory Control 17100
9 Abnormal Demand 24196
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7545
11 Activity Analysis 11353
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14235
13 Actual Demand 11063
14 Aggregate Planning 12002
15 Air Cargo 9914
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6526
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34669
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15243
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19027
20 Assembly Line 21894
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22779
22 Average Speed of Answer 26443
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22855
24 Batch Production 37912
25 Bill Discounting 14298
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10992
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7011
28 Blanket Release 9856
29 Bonded Warehouse 9944
30 Booking Number 13570
31 Bottleneck 9345
32 Buffer Stock 58701
33 Build to Stock 12805
34 Bullwhip Effect 9408
35 Business Logistics 25333
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12418
37 Capacity Management 39973
38 Capacity Utilization 13905
39 Capital Intensive 8225
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8531
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11963
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9143
45 Co-managed Inventory 12311
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6727
48 Computer-Based Training 7579
49 Consular Invoice 19505
50 Container Depot 10473
51 Container Freight Station 10197
52 Continuous Replenishment 19314
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11930
54 Contract Carrier 7251
55 Contract of Affreightment 11284
56 Control Charts 7843
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15035
59 CPFR 8097
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11638
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43733
62 Date Code 17972
63 Days of Supply 19643
64 Dead on Arrival 9067
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7178
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7974
67 Detective Control 8779
68 Devanning 14094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10717
70 Dispatching 24043
71 Distributed Inventory 8243
72 Distribution Channel Management 34374
73 Distribution Metrics 8901
74 Distribution Planning 24033
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15011
76 Double Marginalization 52398
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22125
78 Dual 5350
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20432
80 Echelon Inventory 25976
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38089
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49238
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7499
84 Efficient Frontier 25206
85 Engineer-to-Order 31483
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16162
87 Erlang B Formula 9212
88 ETD 8195
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13296
91 Exponential smoothing 9716
92 External Growth 9924
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9304
94 Field Services 7651
95 Field Warehouse 9799
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8589
97 Fishbone Diagram 14454
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26754
99 Flow Through Distribution 12160
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
 
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