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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 9998
2 3D Loading 6344
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21445
4 5 Point Annual Average 8975
5 5 Whys 22123
6 5S Program 8058
7 ABC Analysis 33699
8 ABC Inventory Control 17011
9 Abnormal Demand 24077
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7452
11 Activity Analysis 11251
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14021
13 Actual Demand 10948
14 Aggregate Planning 11867
15 Air Cargo 9795
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6407
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34515
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15176
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18865
20 Assembly Line 21471
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22633
22 Average Speed of Answer 26343
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22615
24 Batch Production 37587
25 Bill Discounting 14098
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10796
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6902
28 Blanket Release 9740
29 Bonded Warehouse 9841
30 Booking Number 13392
31 Bottleneck 9207
32 Buffer Stock 58280
33 Build to Stock 12704
34 Bullwhip Effect 9274
35 Business Logistics 25068
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12306
37 Capacity Management 39489
38 Capacity Utilization 13756
39 Capital Intensive 8084
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8357
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11826
42 Certified Supplier 8800
43 Channel Effectiveness 8769
44 Co-Destiny 9037
45 Co-managed Inventory 12186
46 Co-Packers 11540
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6604
48 Computer-Based Training 7481
49 Consular Invoice 19314
50 Container Depot 10348
51 Container Freight Station 10118
52 Continuous Replenishment 19181
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11809
54 Contract Carrier 7195
55 Contract of Affreightment 11177
56 Control Charts 7749
57 Cost Flow 10058
58 Courier Service 14846
59 CPFR 7997
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11527
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43318
62 Date Code 17735
63 Days of Supply 19462
64 Dead on Arrival 8929
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7076
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7855
67 Detective Control 8690
68 Devanning 13987
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10592
70 Dispatching 23638
71 Distributed Inventory 8166
72 Distribution Channel Management 34052
73 Distribution Metrics 8715
74 Distribution Planning 23899
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14853
76 Double Marginalization 52193
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21990
78 Dual 5264
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20300
80 Echelon Inventory 25859
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37955
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48859
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7405
84 Efficient Frontier 24972
85 Engineer-to-Order 31258
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15953
87 Erlang B Formula 9095
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7671
90 Exception Rate 13144
91 Exponential smoothing 9611
92 External Growth 9823
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9209
94 Field Services 7582
95 Field Warehouse 9687
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8432
97 Fishbone Diagram 14305
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26523
99 Flow Through Distribution 12047
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7924
 
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