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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 10184
2 3D Loading 6425
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21597
4 5 Point Annual Average 9078
5 5 Whys 22226
6 5S Program 8151
7 ABC Analysis 33972
8 ABC Inventory Control 17101
9 Abnormal Demand 24196
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7546
11 Activity Analysis 11355
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14237
13 Actual Demand 11065
14 Aggregate Planning 12003
15 Air Cargo 9915
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6527
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34670
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15243
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19028
20 Assembly Line 21899
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22782
22 Average Speed of Answer 26443
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22859
24 Batch Production 37919
25 Bill Discounting 14301
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10993
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7012
28 Blanket Release 9859
29 Bonded Warehouse 9945
30 Booking Number 13573
31 Bottleneck 9345
32 Buffer Stock 58709
33 Build to Stock 12805
34 Bullwhip Effect 9409
35 Business Logistics 25335
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12419
37 Capacity Management 39976
38 Capacity Utilization 13905
39 Capital Intensive 8226
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8532
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11963
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8835
44 Co-Destiny 9145
45 Co-managed Inventory 12311
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6729
48 Computer-Based Training 7580
49 Consular Invoice 19511
50 Container Depot 10475
51 Container Freight Station 10199
52 Continuous Replenishment 19315
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11932
54 Contract Carrier 7251
55 Contract of Affreightment 11285
56 Control Charts 7848
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15036
59 CPFR 8099
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11641
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43738
62 Date Code 17976
63 Days of Supply 19645
64 Dead on Arrival 9069
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7181
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7975
67 Detective Control 8781
68 Devanning 14095
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10720
70 Dispatching 24049
71 Distributed Inventory 8246
72 Distribution Channel Management 34380
73 Distribution Metrics 8903
74 Distribution Planning 24035
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15014
76 Double Marginalization 52398
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22126
78 Dual 5350
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20433
80 Echelon Inventory 25977
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38090
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49244
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7499
84 Efficient Frontier 25211
85 Engineer-to-Order 31487
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16167
87 Erlang B Formula 9214
88 ETD 8197
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13297
91 Exponential smoothing 9718
92 External Growth 9925
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9305
94 Field Services 7651
95 Field Warehouse 9804
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8592
97 Fishbone Diagram 14455
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26755
99 Flow Through Distribution 12161
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8038
 
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