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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 10428
2 3D Loading 6537
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21797
4 5 Point Annual Average 9194
5 5 Whys 22352
6 5S Program 8272
7 ABC Analysis 34340
8 ABC Inventory Control 17271
9 Abnormal Demand 24371
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7669
11 Activity Analysis 11497
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14600
13 Actual Demand 11212
14 Aggregate Planning 12236
15 Air Cargo 10077
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6655
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34872
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15338
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19301
20 Assembly Line 22429
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22982
22 Average Speed of Answer 26569
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23134
24 Batch Production 38390
25 Bill Discounting 14538
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11235
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7154
28 Blanket Release 10023
29 Bonded Warehouse 10068
30 Booking Number 13798
31 Bottleneck 9525
32 Buffer Stock 59268
33 Build to Stock 13021
34 Bullwhip Effect 9680
35 Business Logistics 25742
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12574
37 Capacity Management 40535
38 Capacity Utilization 14115
39 Capital Intensive 8415
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8744
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12138
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8935
44 Co-Destiny 9306
45 Co-managed Inventory 12566
46 Co-Packers 11781
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6882
48 Computer-Based Training 7695
49 Consular Invoice 19792
50 Container Depot 10612
51 Container Freight Station 10282
52 Continuous Replenishment 19564
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12084
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11421
56 Control Charts 7968
57 Cost Flow 10279
58 Courier Service 15242
59 CPFR 8228
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11807
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44167
62 Date Code 18238
63 Days of Supply 19842
64 Dead on Arrival 9329
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7315
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8114
67 Detective Control 8917
68 Devanning 14218
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10965
70 Dispatching 24528
71 Distributed Inventory 8360
72 Distribution Channel Management 34758
73 Distribution Metrics 9125
74 Distribution Planning 24204
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15220
76 Double Marginalization 52753
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22385
78 Dual 5445
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20619
80 Echelon Inventory 26214
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38276
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49742
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7622
84 Efficient Frontier 25494
85 Engineer-to-Order 31758
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16528
87 Erlang B Formula 9351
88 ETD 8338
89 Ex Works 7839
90 Exception Rate 13499
91 Exponential smoothing 9835
92 External Growth 10079
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9526
94 Field Services 7745
95 Field Warehouse 10475
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8769
97 Fishbone Diagram 14613
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27044
99 Flow Through Distribution 12315
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8185
 
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