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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 10127
2 3D Loading 6399
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21545
4 5 Point Annual Average 9046
5 5 Whys 22192
6 5S Program 8119
7 ABC Analysis 33883
8 ABC Inventory Control 17069
9 Abnormal Demand 24158
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7515
11 Activity Analysis 11318
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14157
13 Actual Demand 11028
14 Aggregate Planning 11964
15 Air Cargo 9875
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6486
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34625
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15221
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18980
20 Assembly Line 21770
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22733
22 Average Speed of Answer 26412
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22787
24 Batch Production 37813
25 Bill Discounting 14227
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10926
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6974
28 Blanket Release 9819
29 Bonded Warehouse 9909
30 Booking Number 13499
31 Bottleneck 9305
32 Buffer Stock 58589
33 Build to Stock 12773
34 Bullwhip Effect 9362
35 Business Logistics 25247
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12381
37 Capacity Management 39842
38 Capacity Utilization 13865
39 Capital Intensive 8186
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8476
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11924
42 Certified Supplier 8851
43 Channel Effectiveness 8810
44 Co-Destiny 9100
45 Co-managed Inventory 12273
46 Co-Packers 11601
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6683
48 Computer-Based Training 7547
49 Consular Invoice 19437
50 Container Depot 10433
51 Container Freight Station 10163
52 Continuous Replenishment 19276
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11895
54 Contract Carrier 7228
55 Contract of Affreightment 11256
56 Control Charts 7812
57 Cost Flow 10125
58 Courier Service 14985
59 CPFR 8066
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11603
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43631
62 Date Code 17895
63 Days of Supply 19589
64 Dead on Arrival 9026
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7144
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7928
67 Detective Control 8748
68 Devanning 14062
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10678
70 Dispatching 23920
71 Distributed Inventory 8212
72 Distribution Channel Management 34271
73 Distribution Metrics 8843
74 Distribution Planning 23990
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14964
76 Double Marginalization 52345
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22085
78 Dual 5324
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20391
80 Echelon Inventory 25940
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38050
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49144
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7462
84 Efficient Frontier 25130
85 Engineer-to-Order 31412
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16091
87 Erlang B Formula 9169
88 ETD 8155
89 Ex Works 7721
90 Exception Rate 13241
91 Exponential smoothing 9677
92 External Growth 9883
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9270
94 Field Services 7632
95 Field Warehouse 9753
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8545
97 Fishbone Diagram 14412
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26683
99 Flow Through Distribution 12126
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8003
 
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