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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 7579
2 3D Loading 4865
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19693
4 5 Point Annual Average 7370
5 5 Whys 20090
6 5S Program 6612
7 ABC Analysis 28026
8 ABC Inventory Control 14814
9 Abnormal Demand 21613
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5923
11 Activity Analysis 9426
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 9799
13 Actual Demand 8694
14 Aggregate Planning 9994
15 Air Cargo 7964
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4748
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32045
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13589
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16473
20 Assembly Line 14289
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20555
22 Average Speed of Answer 24720
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19606
24 Batch Production 31948
25 Bill Discounting 11238
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8272
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5484
28 Blanket Release 7638
29 Bonded Warehouse 8257
30 Booking Number 10623
31 Bottleneck 7302
32 Buffer Stock 49514
33 Build to Stock 10817
34 Bullwhip Effect 7082
35 Business Logistics 20680
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10612
37 Capacity Management 30736
38 Capacity Utilization 11149
39 Capital Intensive 6186
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6088
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9745
42 Certified Supplier 7274
43 Channel Effectiveness 7030
44 Co-Destiny 7179
45 Co-managed Inventory 9956
46 Co-Packers 9803
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4599
48 Computer-Based Training 6115
49 Consular Invoice 16575
50 Container Depot 8817
51 Container Freight Station 8623
52 Continuous Replenishment 16796
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10171
54 Contract Carrier 5901
55 Contract of Affreightment 9509
56 Control Charts 6359
57 Cost Flow 8422
58 Courier Service 12275
59 CPFR 6392
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9842
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 35508
62 Date Code 14458
63 Days of Supply 17193
64 Dead on Arrival 6883
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5716
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6095
67 Detective Control 6898
68 Devanning 12190
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8322
70 Dispatching 19078
71 Distributed Inventory 6790
72 Distribution Channel Management 28123
73 Distribution Metrics 6258
74 Distribution Planning 21404
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12352
76 Double Marginalization 47811
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19818
78 Dual 3857
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18343
80 Echelon Inventory 23806
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34697
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42232
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5856
84 Efficient Frontier 21353
85 Engineer-to-Order 27419
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13295
87 Erlang B Formula 7170
88 ETD 6433
89 Ex Works 6160
90 Exception Rate 10298
91 Exponential smoothing 7996
92 External Growth 8128
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7542
94 Field Services 6126
95 Field Warehouse 7797
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5402
97 Fishbone Diagram 12346
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22005
99 Flow Through Distribution 10115
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6138
 
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