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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 10195
2 3D Loading 6428
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21611
4 5 Point Annual Average 9088
5 5 Whys 22229
6 5S Program 8160
7 ABC Analysis 33990
8 ABC Inventory Control 17109
9 Abnormal Demand 24205
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7553
11 Activity Analysis 11362
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14257
13 Actual Demand 11075
14 Aggregate Planning 12011
15 Air Cargo 9924
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6536
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34679
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15251
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19038
20 Assembly Line 21929
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22795
22 Average Speed of Answer 26449
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22876
24 Batch Production 37949
25 Bill Discounting 14315
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11011
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7020
28 Blanket Release 9876
29 Bonded Warehouse 9951
30 Booking Number 13586
31 Bottleneck 9356
32 Buffer Stock 58736
33 Build to Stock 12810
34 Bullwhip Effect 9419
35 Business Logistics 25357
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12428
37 Capacity Management 40004
38 Capacity Utilization 13917
39 Capital Intensive 8240
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8542
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11971
42 Certified Supplier 8880
43 Channel Effectiveness 8838
44 Co-Destiny 9152
45 Co-managed Inventory 12319
46 Co-Packers 11643
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6734
48 Computer-Based Training 7583
49 Consular Invoice 19521
50 Container Depot 10482
51 Container Freight Station 10203
52 Continuous Replenishment 19325
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11937
54 Contract Carrier 7256
55 Contract of Affreightment 11293
56 Control Charts 7854
57 Cost Flow 10157
58 Courier Service 15045
59 CPFR 8103
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11648
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43760
62 Date Code 17998
63 Days of Supply 19660
64 Dead on Arrival 9078
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7191
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7981
67 Detective Control 8790
68 Devanning 14102
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10730
70 Dispatching 24080
71 Distributed Inventory 8250
72 Distribution Channel Management 34394
73 Distribution Metrics 8912
74 Distribution Planning 24041
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15028
76 Double Marginalization 52413
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22136
78 Dual 5354
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20442
80 Echelon Inventory 25989
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38103
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49271
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25223
85 Engineer-to-Order 31501
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16184
87 Erlang B Formula 9221
88 ETD 8205
89 Ex Works 7745
90 Exception Rate 13308
91 Exponential smoothing 9725
92 External Growth 9936
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9313
94 Field Services 7656
95 Field Warehouse 9823
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8602
97 Fishbone Diagram 14463
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26776
99 Flow Through Distribution 12168
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8042
 
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