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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 10336
2 3D Loading 6512
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21758
4 5 Point Annual Average 9169
5 5 Whys 22320
6 5S Program 8247
7 ABC Analysis 34271
8 ABC Inventory Control 17235
9 Abnormal Demand 24336
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7646
11 Activity Analysis 11473
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14527
13 Actual Demand 11189
14 Aggregate Planning 12122
15 Air Cargo 10051
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6631
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34832
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15321
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19182
20 Assembly Line 22315
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22944
22 Average Speed of Answer 26546
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23083
24 Batch Production 38300
25 Bill Discounting 14496
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11190
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7125
28 Blanket Release 9987
29 Bonded Warehouse 10045
30 Booking Number 13751
31 Bottleneck 9485
32 Buffer Stock 59162
33 Build to Stock 12913
34 Bullwhip Effect 9562
35 Business Logistics 25604
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12548
37 Capacity Management 40408
38 Capacity Utilization 14072
39 Capital Intensive 8384
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8707
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12104
42 Certified Supplier 8954
43 Channel Effectiveness 8910
44 Co-Destiny 9275
45 Co-managed Inventory 12453
46 Co-Packers 11745
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6844
48 Computer-Based Training 7676
49 Consular Invoice 19731
50 Container Depot 10588
51 Container Freight Station 10263
52 Continuous Replenishment 19448
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12055
54 Contract Carrier 7308
55 Contract of Affreightment 11394
56 Control Charts 7946
57 Cost Flow 10246
58 Courier Service 15203
59 CPFR 8197
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11772
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44087
62 Date Code 18188
63 Days of Supply 19801
64 Dead on Arrival 9217
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7289
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14193
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10846
70 Dispatching 24448
71 Distributed Inventory 8339
72 Distribution Channel Management 34669
73 Distribution Metrics 9085
74 Distribution Planning 24170
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15186
76 Double Marginalization 52612
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22269
78 Dual 5429
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20579
80 Echelon Inventory 26166
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49640
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7597
84 Efficient Frontier 25432
85 Engineer-to-Order 31702
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16396
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8312
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13458
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10050
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9409
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10382
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8736
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26982
99 Flow Through Distribution 12287
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8155
 
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