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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 10028
2 3D Loading 6361
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21480
4 5 Point Annual Average 8997
5 5 Whys 22147
6 5S Program 8076
7 ABC Analysis 33753
8 ABC Inventory Control 17028
9 Abnormal Demand 24105
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7471
11 Activity Analysis 11269
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14065
13 Actual Demand 10982
14 Aggregate Planning 11908
15 Air Cargo 9823
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6425
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34554
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15195
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18905
20 Assembly Line 21549
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22662
22 Average Speed of Answer 26366
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22666
24 Batch Production 37670
25 Bill Discounting 14153
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10823
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6925
28 Blanket Release 9760
29 Bonded Warehouse 9857
30 Booking Number 13421
31 Bottleneck 9247
32 Buffer Stock 58353
33 Build to Stock 12721
34 Bullwhip Effect 9295
35 Business Logistics 25120
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12330
37 Capacity Management 39600
38 Capacity Utilization 13788
39 Capital Intensive 8111
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8390
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11857
42 Certified Supplier 8818
43 Channel Effectiveness 8780
44 Co-Destiny 9051
45 Co-managed Inventory 12216
46 Co-Packers 11556
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6627
48 Computer-Based Training 7510
49 Consular Invoice 19345
50 Container Depot 10374
51 Container Freight Station 10132
52 Continuous Replenishment 19213
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11838
54 Contract Carrier 7207
55 Contract of Affreightment 11199
56 Control Charts 7770
57 Cost Flow 10078
58 Courier Service 14901
59 CPFR 8021
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11548
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43406
62 Date Code 17775
63 Days of Supply 19506
64 Dead on Arrival 8952
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7091
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7879
67 Detective Control 8704
68 Devanning 14005
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10620
70 Dispatching 23702
71 Distributed Inventory 8180
72 Distribution Channel Management 34113
73 Distribution Metrics 8747
74 Distribution Planning 23929
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14881
76 Double Marginalization 52256
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22016
78 Dual 5291
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20320
80 Echelon Inventory 25879
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37982
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48938
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7426
84 Efficient Frontier 25016
85 Engineer-to-Order 31293
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15986
87 Erlang B Formula 9126
88 ETD 8106
89 Ex Works 7683
90 Exception Rate 13176
91 Exponential smoothing 9629
92 External Growth 9842
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9226
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9709
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8464
97 Fishbone Diagram 14333
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26568
99 Flow Through Distribution 12074
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7948
 
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