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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 10398
2 3D Loading 6530
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21780
4 5 Point Annual Average 9185
5 5 Whys 22335
6 5S Program 8265
7 ABC Analysis 34313
8 ABC Inventory Control 17259
9 Abnormal Demand 24357
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7660
11 Activity Analysis 11486
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14575
13 Actual Demand 11204
14 Aggregate Planning 12215
15 Air Cargo 10069
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6647
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34862
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15333
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19273
20 Assembly Line 22389
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22966
22 Average Speed of Answer 26559
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23108
24 Batch Production 38358
25 Bill Discounting 14518
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11222
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7142
28 Blanket Release 10010
29 Bonded Warehouse 10057
30 Booking Number 13778
31 Bottleneck 9515
32 Buffer Stock 59223
33 Build to Stock 12998
34 Bullwhip Effect 9654
35 Business Logistics 25704
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12566
37 Capacity Management 40491
38 Capacity Utilization 14097
39 Capital Intensive 8405
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8730
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12124
42 Certified Supplier 8966
43 Channel Effectiveness 8925
44 Co-Destiny 9294
45 Co-managed Inventory 12543
46 Co-Packers 11764
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6868
48 Computer-Based Training 7689
49 Consular Invoice 19770
50 Container Depot 10604
51 Container Freight Station 10274
52 Continuous Replenishment 19539
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11410
56 Control Charts 7959
57 Cost Flow 10267
58 Courier Service 15227
59 CPFR 8218
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11793
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44131
62 Date Code 18216
63 Days of Supply 19828
64 Dead on Arrival 9305
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7307
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8102
67 Detective Control 8904
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10936
70 Dispatching 24498
71 Distributed Inventory 8352
72 Distribution Channel Management 34725
73 Distribution Metrics 9108
74 Distribution Planning 24196
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15205
76 Double Marginalization 52706
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22360
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20602
80 Echelon Inventory 26195
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38257
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49706
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7611
84 Efficient Frontier 25471
85 Engineer-to-Order 31730
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16489
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8326
89 Ex Works 7831
90 Exception Rate 13486
91 Exponential smoothing 9827
92 External Growth 10071
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9495
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10434
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8753
97 Fishbone Diagram 14603
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27017
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8171
 
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