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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 8325
2 3D Loading 5337
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20309
4 5 Point Annual Average 7934
5 5 Whys 20784
6 5S Program 7032
7 ABC Analysis 29939
8 ABC Inventory Control 15533
9 Abnormal Demand 22518
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6404
11 Activity Analysis 10082
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 11489
13 Actual Demand 9409
14 Aggregate Planning 10556
15 Air Cargo 8470
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5198
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32999
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14138
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17234
20 Assembly Line 16980
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21144
22 Average Speed of Answer 25273
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 20509
24 Batch Production 33719
25 Bill Discounting 12230
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9250
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5927
28 Blanket Release 8373
29 Bonded Warehouse 8721
30 Booking Number 11487
31 Bottleneck 7916
32 Buffer Stock 52902
33 Build to Stock 11397
34 Bullwhip Effect 7886
35 Business Logistics 22210
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11223
37 Capacity Management 33502
38 Capacity Utilization 12098
39 Capital Intensive 6756
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6733
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10404
42 Certified Supplier 7825
43 Channel Effectiveness 7651
44 Co-Destiny 7903
45 Co-managed Inventory 10740
46 Co-Packers 10437
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5241
48 Computer-Based Training 6611
49 Consular Invoice 17470
50 Container Depot 9273
51 Container Freight Station 9117
52 Continuous Replenishment 17676
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10676
54 Contract Carrier 6384
55 Contract of Affreightment 10077
56 Control Charts 6771
57 Cost Flow 8999
58 Courier Service 13055
59 CPFR 6861
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10423
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 38660
62 Date Code 15537
63 Days of Supply 17887
64 Dead on Arrival 7536
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6167
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6646
67 Detective Control 7466
68 Devanning 12787
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9149
70 Dispatching 20351
71 Distributed Inventory 7247
72 Distribution Channel Management 30343
73 Distribution Metrics 7105
74 Distribution Planning 22302
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13235
76 Double Marginalization 49331
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20513
78 Dual 4241
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19057
80 Echelon Inventory 24616
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 35752
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 44028
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6336
84 Efficient Frontier 22636
85 Engineer-to-Order 28865
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14051
87 Erlang B Formula 7725
88 ETD 6943
89 Ex Works 6702
90 Exception Rate 11252
91 Exponential smoothing 8567
92 External Growth 8616
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8156
94 Field Services 6683
95 Field Warehouse 8566
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6461
97 Fishbone Diagram 12975
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 23871
99 Flow Through Distribution 10707
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6713
 
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