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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 9679
2 3D Loading 6118
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21152
4 5 Point Annual Average 8730
5 5 Whys 21836
6 5S Program 7819
7 ABC Analysis 32952
8 ABC Inventory Control 16749
9 Abnormal Demand 23703
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7227
11 Activity Analysis 11016
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13524
13 Actual Demand 10585
14 Aggregate Planning 11564
15 Air Cargo 9446
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6166
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34151
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14969
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18523
20 Assembly Line 20588
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22291
22 Average Speed of Answer 26140
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22031
24 Batch Production 36774
25 Bill Discounting 13683
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10403
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6633
28 Blanket Release 9502
29 Bonded Warehouse 9578
30 Booking Number 12963
31 Bottleneck 8847
32 Buffer Stock 57133
33 Build to Stock 12415
34 Bullwhip Effect 8989
35 Business Logistics 24459
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12086
37 Capacity Management 38092
38 Capacity Utilization 13397
39 Capital Intensive 7763
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7961
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11447
42 Certified Supplier 8617
43 Channel Effectiveness 8537
44 Co-Destiny 8778
45 Co-managed Inventory 11880
46 Co-Packers 11318
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6304
48 Computer-Based Training 7306
49 Consular Invoice 18780
50 Container Depot 10097
51 Container Freight Station 9894
52 Continuous Replenishment 18863
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11534
54 Contract Carrier 7050
55 Contract of Affreightment 10976
56 Control Charts 7506
57 Cost Flow 9831
58 Courier Service 14394
59 CPFR 7761
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11265
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42271
62 Date Code 17295
63 Days of Supply 19107
64 Dead on Arrival 8590
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6910
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7581
67 Detective Control 8495
68 Devanning 13729
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10270
70 Dispatching 22682
71 Distributed Inventory 7972
72 Distribution Channel Management 33292
73 Distribution Metrics 8268
74 Distribution Planning 23590
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14475
76 Double Marginalization 51559
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21670
78 Dual 5024
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20079
80 Echelon Inventory 25589
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37557
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47776
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7193
84 Efficient Frontier 24436
85 Engineer-to-Order 30763
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15373
87 Erlang B Formula 8808
88 ETD 7856
89 Ex Works 7484
90 Exception Rate 12744
91 Exponential smoothing 9379
92 External Growth 9601
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9007
94 Field Services 7412
95 Field Warehouse 9448
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8056
97 Fishbone Diagram 13979
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26014
99 Flow Through Distribution 11746
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7673
 
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