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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 8880
2 3D Loading 5679
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20596
4 5 Point Annual Average 8298
5 5 Whys 21187
6 5S Program 7331
7 ABC Analysis 31129
8 ABC Inventory Control 15974
9 Abnormal Demand 23034
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6712
11 Activity Analysis 10463
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 12516
13 Actual Demand 9897
14 Aggregate Planning 10969
15 Air Cargo 8880
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5577
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33528
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14513
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17813
20 Assembly Line 18594
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21640
22 Average Speed of Answer 25595
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21111
24 Batch Production 34933
25 Bill Discounting 12782
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9733
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6200
28 Blanket Release 8911
29 Bonded Warehouse 9038
30 Booking Number 12142
31 Bottleneck 8247
32 Buffer Stock 54893
33 Build to Stock 11837
34 Bullwhip Effect 8323
35 Business Logistics 23013
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11610
37 Capacity Management 35429
38 Capacity Utilization 12664
39 Capital Intensive 7137
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7222
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10832
42 Certified Supplier 8155
43 Channel Effectiveness 8042
44 Co-Destiny 8312
45 Co-managed Inventory 11252
46 Co-Packers 10794
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5695
48 Computer-Based Training 6908
49 Consular Invoice 18053
50 Container Depot 9590
51 Container Freight Station 9430
52 Continuous Replenishment 18214
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11007
54 Contract Carrier 6699
55 Contract of Affreightment 10480
56 Control Charts 7059
57 Cost Flow 9366
58 Courier Service 13480
59 CPFR 7195
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10774
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 40434
62 Date Code 16221
63 Days of Supply 18397
64 Dead on Arrival 7966
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6474
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7054
67 Detective Control 7925
68 Devanning 13180
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9631
70 Dispatching 21224
71 Distributed Inventory 7553
72 Distribution Channel Management 31693
73 Distribution Metrics 7559
74 Distribution Planning 22854
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13777
76 Double Marginalization 50381
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20984
78 Dual 4550
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19515
80 Echelon Inventory 25055
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36418
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 45761
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6665
84 Efficient Frontier 23585
85 Engineer-to-Order 29733
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14587
87 Erlang B Formula 8185
88 ETD 7336
89 Ex Works 7055
90 Exception Rate 11996
91 Exponential smoothing 8907
92 External Growth 8996
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8479
94 Field Services 7020
95 Field Warehouse 8963
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7119
97 Fishbone Diagram 13376
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 24946
99 Flow Through Distribution 11129
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7081
 
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