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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 10086
2 3D Loading 6386
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21522
4 5 Point Annual Average 9026
5 5 Whys 22175
6 5S Program 8100
7 ABC Analysis 33837
8 ABC Inventory Control 17054
9 Abnormal Demand 24136
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7498
11 Activity Analysis 11303
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14126
13 Actual Demand 11012
14 Aggregate Planning 11942
15 Air Cargo 9852
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6463
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34601
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18954
20 Assembly Line 21691
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22708
22 Average Speed of Answer 26395
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22744
24 Batch Production 37755
25 Bill Discounting 14199
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10881
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6955
28 Blanket Release 9803
29 Bonded Warehouse 9889
30 Booking Number 13475
31 Bottleneck 9278
32 Buffer Stock 58520
33 Build to Stock 12755
34 Bullwhip Effect 9336
35 Business Logistics 25200
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12362
37 Capacity Management 39756
38 Capacity Utilization 13836
39 Capital Intensive 8154
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8443
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11894
42 Certified Supplier 8841
43 Channel Effectiveness 8800
44 Co-Destiny 9081
45 Co-managed Inventory 12247
46 Co-Packers 11584
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6667
48 Computer-Based Training 7534
49 Consular Invoice 19402
50 Container Depot 10411
51 Container Freight Station 10148
52 Continuous Replenishment 19254
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11872
54 Contract Carrier 7220
55 Contract of Affreightment 11225
56 Control Charts 7796
57 Cost Flow 10106
58 Courier Service 14951
59 CPFR 8046
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11586
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43547
62 Date Code 17850
63 Days of Supply 19556
64 Dead on Arrival 8999
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7123
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7907
67 Detective Control 8734
68 Devanning 14040
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10660
70 Dispatching 23827
71 Distributed Inventory 8204
72 Distribution Channel Management 34224
73 Distribution Metrics 8807
74 Distribution Planning 23967
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14940
76 Double Marginalization 52310
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22059
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20366
80 Echelon Inventory 25917
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38022
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49068
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7451
84 Efficient Frontier 25090
85 Engineer-to-Order 31370
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16052
87 Erlang B Formula 9153
88 ETD 8131
89 Ex Works 7709
90 Exception Rate 13213
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9867
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9737
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8518
97 Fishbone Diagram 14385
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26638
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7979
 
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