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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 10108
2 3D Loading 6394
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21533
4 5 Point Annual Average 9035
5 5 Whys 22183
6 5S Program 8110
7 ABC Analysis 33865
8 ABC Inventory Control 17062
9 Abnormal Demand 24153
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7507
11 Activity Analysis 11310
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14146
13 Actual Demand 11019
14 Aggregate Planning 11951
15 Air Cargo 9865
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6478
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34610
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15213
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18971
20 Assembly Line 21738
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22722
22 Average Speed of Answer 26404
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22771
24 Batch Production 37788
25 Bill Discounting 14212
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10903
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6965
28 Blanket Release 9811
29 Bonded Warehouse 9899
30 Booking Number 13489
31 Bottleneck 9295
32 Buffer Stock 58560
33 Build to Stock 12762
34 Bullwhip Effect 9353
35 Business Logistics 25227
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12373
37 Capacity Management 39803
38 Capacity Utilization 13852
39 Capital Intensive 8174
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8463
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11909
42 Certified Supplier 8845
43 Channel Effectiveness 8804
44 Co-Destiny 9092
45 Co-managed Inventory 12262
46 Co-Packers 11597
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6677
48 Computer-Based Training 7542
49 Consular Invoice 19423
50 Container Depot 10426
51 Container Freight Station 10155
52 Continuous Replenishment 19265
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11884
54 Contract Carrier 7225
55 Contract of Affreightment 11248
56 Control Charts 7808
57 Cost Flow 10118
58 Courier Service 14973
59 CPFR 8057
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11594
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43596
62 Date Code 17877
63 Days of Supply 19576
64 Dead on Arrival 9014
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7133
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7922
67 Detective Control 8743
68 Devanning 14055
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10671
70 Dispatching 23885
71 Distributed Inventory 8209
72 Distribution Channel Management 34250
73 Distribution Metrics 8827
74 Distribution Planning 23974
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14955
76 Double Marginalization 52329
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22072
78 Dual 5319
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20381
80 Echelon Inventory 25928
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38040
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49121
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7458
84 Efficient Frontier 25111
85 Engineer-to-Order 31398
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16075
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8148
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13231
91 Exponential smoothing 9669
92 External Growth 9874
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9263
94 Field Services 7624
95 Field Warehouse 9747
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8531
97 Fishbone Diagram 14400
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26662
99 Flow Through Distribution 12116
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7988
 
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