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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 9925
2 3D Loading 6295
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21388
4 5 Point Annual Average 8934
5 5 Whys 22061
6 5S Program 8018
7 ABC Analysis 33576
8 ABC Inventory Control 16955
9 Abnormal Demand 24004
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7406
11 Activity Analysis 11212
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13908
13 Actual Demand 10868
14 Aggregate Planning 11790
15 Air Cargo 9725
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6362
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34436
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15141
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18790
20 Assembly Line 21292
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22574
22 Average Speed of Answer 26307
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22505
24 Batch Production 37425
25 Bill Discounting 13997
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10721
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6859
28 Blanket Release 9695
29 Bonded Warehouse 9786
30 Booking Number 13308
31 Bottleneck 9123
32 Buffer Stock 58072
33 Build to Stock 12637
34 Bullwhip Effect 9204
35 Business Logistics 24941
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12265
37 Capacity Management 39220
38 Capacity Utilization 13670
39 Capital Intensive 8023
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8277
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11761
42 Certified Supplier 8772
43 Channel Effectiveness 8725
44 Co-Destiny 8990
45 Co-managed Inventory 12124
46 Co-Packers 11503
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6551
48 Computer-Based Training 7449
49 Consular Invoice 19213
50 Container Depot 10297
51 Container Freight Station 10082
52 Continuous Replenishment 19129
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11752
54 Contract Carrier 7173
55 Contract of Affreightment 11141
56 Control Charts 7709
57 Cost Flow 10015
58 Courier Service 14746
59 CPFR 7943
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11469
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43115
62 Date Code 17640
63 Days of Supply 19374
64 Dead on Arrival 8855
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7042
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7804
67 Detective Control 8658
68 Devanning 13941
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10540
70 Dispatching 23493
71 Distributed Inventory 8133
72 Distribution Channel Management 33891
73 Distribution Metrics 8636
74 Distribution Planning 23828
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14779
76 Double Marginalization 52073
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21934
78 Dual 5217
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20263
80 Echelon Inventory 25801
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37885
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48663
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7367
84 Efficient Frontier 24864
85 Engineer-to-Order 31165
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15829
87 Erlang B Formula 9034
88 ETD 8047
89 Ex Works 7642
90 Exception Rate 13073
91 Exponential smoothing 9570
92 External Growth 9772
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9164
94 Field Services 7559
95 Field Warehouse 9632
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8355
97 Fishbone Diagram 14247
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26431
99 Flow Through Distribution 11987
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7872
 
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