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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 8468
2 3D Loading 5435
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20381
4 5 Point Annual Average 8030
5 5 Whys 20867
6 5S Program 7093
7 ABC Analysis 30237
8 ABC Inventory Control 15611
9 Abnormal Demand 22681
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6467
11 Activity Analysis 10195
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 11776
13 Actual Demand 9527
14 Aggregate Planning 10653
15 Air Cargo 8545
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5277
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33140
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14245
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17363
20 Assembly Line 17423
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21264
22 Average Speed of Answer 25340
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 20685
24 Batch Production 34048
25 Bill Discounting 12332
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9360
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5982
28 Blanket Release 8496
29 Bonded Warehouse 8788
30 Booking Number 11636
31 Bottleneck 7997
32 Buffer Stock 53463
33 Build to Stock 11501
34 Bullwhip Effect 8029
35 Business Logistics 22406
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11323
37 Capacity Management 34010
38 Capacity Utilization 12223
39 Capital Intensive 6853
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6852
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10524
42 Certified Supplier 7893
43 Channel Effectiveness 7737
44 Co-Destiny 8016
45 Co-managed Inventory 10872
46 Co-Packers 10529
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5345
48 Computer-Based Training 6674
49 Consular Invoice 17618
50 Container Depot 9340
51 Container Freight Station 9199
52 Continuous Replenishment 17816
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10738
54 Contract Carrier 6457
55 Contract of Affreightment 10169
56 Control Charts 6827
57 Cost Flow 9085
58 Courier Service 13152
59 CPFR 6960
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10507
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 39159
62 Date Code 15732
63 Days of Supply 17997
64 Dead on Arrival 7643
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6234
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6722
67 Detective Control 7584
68 Devanning 12870
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9290
70 Dispatching 20578
71 Distributed Inventory 7324
72 Distribution Channel Management 30753
73 Distribution Metrics 7220
74 Distribution Planning 22459
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13371
76 Double Marginalization 49683
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20627
78 Dual 4307
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19159
80 Echelon Inventory 24734
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 35930
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 44554
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6400
84 Efficient Frontier 22860
85 Engineer-to-Order 29097
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14198
87 Erlang B Formula 7802
88 ETD 7029
89 Ex Works 6799
90 Exception Rate 11462
91 Exponential smoothing 8631
92 External Growth 8701
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8237
94 Field Services 6753
95 Field Warehouse 8667
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6621
97 Fishbone Diagram 13072
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 24218
99 Flow Through Distribution 10819
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6800
 
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