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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 10001
2 3D Loading 6348
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21450
4 5 Point Annual Average 8980
5 5 Whys 22126
6 5S Program 8061
7 ABC Analysis 33708
8 ABC Inventory Control 17013
9 Abnormal Demand 24081
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7454
11 Activity Analysis 11255
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14027
13 Actual Demand 10953
14 Aggregate Planning 11870
15 Air Cargo 9799
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6411
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34518
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15182
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18869
20 Assembly Line 21482
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22635
22 Average Speed of Answer 26346
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22625
24 Batch Production 37594
25 Bill Discounting 14101
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10799
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6905
28 Blanket Release 9742
29 Bonded Warehouse 9843
30 Booking Number 13395
31 Bottleneck 9212
32 Buffer Stock 58288
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9278
35 Business Logistics 25075
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12310
37 Capacity Management 39498
38 Capacity Utilization 13759
39 Capital Intensive 8089
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8362
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11830
42 Certified Supplier 8801
43 Channel Effectiveness 8770
44 Co-Destiny 9039
45 Co-managed Inventory 12191
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6606
48 Computer-Based Training 7484
49 Consular Invoice 19318
50 Container Depot 10351
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19191
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11813
54 Contract Carrier 7197
55 Contract of Affreightment 11181
56 Control Charts 7752
57 Cost Flow 10061
58 Courier Service 14848
59 CPFR 8002
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11529
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43328
62 Date Code 17738
63 Days of Supply 19469
64 Dead on Arrival 8932
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7080
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7859
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13989
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10596
70 Dispatching 23644
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34058
73 Distribution Metrics 8720
74 Distribution Planning 23901
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14857
76 Double Marginalization 52200
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21995
78 Dual 5267
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20301
80 Echelon Inventory 25863
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37959
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48871
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7408
84 Efficient Frontier 24979
85 Engineer-to-Order 31261
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15960
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13151
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9691
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14307
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26530
99 Flow Through Distribution 12051
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
 
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