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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 10282
2 3D Loading 6489
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21714
4 5 Point Annual Average 9143
5 5 Whys 22286
6 5S Program 8223
7 ABC Analysis 34178
8 ABC Inventory Control 17196
9 Abnormal Demand 24291
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7617
11 Activity Analysis 11432
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14430
13 Actual Demand 11154
14 Aggregate Planning 12080
15 Air Cargo 10012
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6594
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34777
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15298
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19127
20 Assembly Line 22196
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22902
22 Average Speed of Answer 26510
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23010
24 Batch Production 38206
25 Bill Discounting 14428
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11129
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7093
28 Blanket Release 9954
29 Bonded Warehouse 10018
30 Booking Number 13695
31 Bottleneck 9441
32 Buffer Stock 59054
33 Build to Stock 12875
34 Bullwhip Effect 9507
35 Business Logistics 25518
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12508
37 Capacity Management 40292
38 Capacity Utilization 14019
39 Capital Intensive 8336
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8644
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12056
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8883
44 Co-Destiny 9232
45 Co-managed Inventory 12402
46 Co-Packers 11711
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6801
48 Computer-Based Training 7646
49 Consular Invoice 19660
50 Container Depot 10557
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19407
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12015
54 Contract Carrier 7293
55 Contract of Affreightment 11357
56 Control Charts 7913
57 Cost Flow 10214
58 Courier Service 15154
59 CPFR 8166
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11727
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43994
62 Date Code 18122
63 Days of Supply 19750
64 Dead on Arrival 9170
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7258
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8050
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14165
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10812
70 Dispatching 24345
71 Distributed Inventory 8302
72 Distribution Channel Management 34570
73 Distribution Metrics 9026
74 Distribution Planning 24129
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15134
76 Double Marginalization 52550
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22220
78 Dual 5401
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20531
80 Echelon Inventory 26109
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38193
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49506
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7564
84 Efficient Frontier 25365
85 Engineer-to-Order 31636
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16319
87 Erlang B Formula 9297
88 ETD 8277
89 Ex Works 7792
90 Exception Rate 13408
91 Exponential smoothing 9779
92 External Growth 10012
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10198
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8695
97 Fishbone Diagram 14546
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26908
99 Flow Through Distribution 12252
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
 
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