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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 10207
2 3D Loading 6435
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21625
4 5 Point Annual Average 9092
5 5 Whys 22234
6 5S Program 8164
7 ABC Analysis 34010
8 ABC Inventory Control 17121
9 Abnormal Demand 24213
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7560
11 Activity Analysis 11368
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14268
13 Actual Demand 11080
14 Aggregate Planning 12019
15 Air Cargo 9931
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6541
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34687
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15259
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19044
20 Assembly Line 21952
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22800
22 Average Speed of Answer 26456
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22890
24 Batch Production 37970
25 Bill Discounting 14326
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11022
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7028
28 Blanket Release 9881
29 Bonded Warehouse 9957
30 Booking Number 13597
31 Bottleneck 9360
32 Buffer Stock 58755
33 Build to Stock 12818
34 Bullwhip Effect 9427
35 Business Logistics 25369
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12439
37 Capacity Management 40036
38 Capacity Utilization 13927
39 Capital Intensive 8248
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8552
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11979
42 Certified Supplier 8884
43 Channel Effectiveness 8843
44 Co-Destiny 9158
45 Co-managed Inventory 12328
46 Co-Packers 11648
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6738
48 Computer-Based Training 7588
49 Consular Invoice 19534
50 Container Depot 10491
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19333
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11945
54 Contract Carrier 7260
55 Contract of Affreightment 11299
56 Control Charts 7859
57 Cost Flow 10162
58 Courier Service 15060
59 CPFR 8111
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11658
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43778
62 Date Code 18013
63 Days of Supply 19667
64 Dead on Arrival 9084
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7197
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7984
67 Detective Control 8795
68 Devanning 14110
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10737
70 Dispatching 24103
71 Distributed Inventory 8254
72 Distribution Channel Management 34404
73 Distribution Metrics 8924
74 Distribution Planning 24048
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15035
76 Double Marginalization 52423
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22145
78 Dual 5360
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20450
80 Echelon Inventory 25999
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38112
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49291
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7510
84 Efficient Frontier 25233
85 Engineer-to-Order 31515
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16195
87 Erlang B Formula 9226
88 ETD 8212
89 Ex Works 7749
90 Exception Rate 13317
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9942
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9318
94 Field Services 7659
95 Field Warehouse 9842
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8611
97 Fishbone Diagram 14474
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26787
99 Flow Through Distribution 12174
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8047
 
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