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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 10275
2 3D Loading 6486
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21705
4 5 Point Annual Average 9135
5 5 Whys 22283
6 5S Program 8221
7 ABC Analysis 34158
8 ABC Inventory Control 17191
9 Abnormal Demand 24288
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7614
11 Activity Analysis 11428
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14416
13 Actual Demand 11148
14 Aggregate Planning 12074
15 Air Cargo 10004
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6589
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34765
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19119
20 Assembly Line 22178
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22894
22 Average Speed of Answer 26508
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22997
24 Batch Production 38188
25 Bill Discounting 14420
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11123
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7086
28 Blanket Release 9948
29 Bonded Warehouse 10011
30 Booking Number 13684
31 Bottleneck 9438
32 Buffer Stock 59028
33 Build to Stock 12873
34 Bullwhip Effect 9501
35 Business Logistics 25503
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12501
37 Capacity Management 40262
38 Capacity Utilization 14011
39 Capital Intensive 8329
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8638
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8927
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9220
45 Co-managed Inventory 12397
46 Co-Packers 11706
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6798
48 Computer-Based Training 7641
49 Consular Invoice 19650
50 Container Depot 10552
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19401
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12012
54 Contract Carrier 7291
55 Contract of Affreightment 11350
56 Control Charts 7908
57 Cost Flow 10212
58 Courier Service 15143
59 CPFR 8161
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11725
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43976
62 Date Code 18113
63 Days of Supply 19744
64 Dead on Arrival 9159
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7253
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8046
67 Detective Control 8856
68 Devanning 14159
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10803
70 Dispatching 24331
71 Distributed Inventory 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34556
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24124
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15126
76 Double Marginalization 52535
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22215
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26095
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38185
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49484
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7561
84 Efficient Frontier 25352
85 Engineer-to-Order 31627
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16310
87 Erlang B Formula 9292
88 ETD 8272
89 Ex Works 7790
90 Exception Rate 13404
91 Exponential smoothing 9774
92 External Growth 10006
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9371
94 Field Services 7702
95 Field Warehouse 10165
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14537
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26898
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8109
 
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