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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 10064
2 3D Loading 6374
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21504
4 5 Point Annual Average 9015
5 5 Whys 22164
6 5S Program 8089
7 ABC Analysis 33811
8 ABC Inventory Control 17042
9 Abnormal Demand 24123
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7485
11 Activity Analysis 11288
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14103
13 Actual Demand 11002
14 Aggregate Planning 11928
15 Air Cargo 9842
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6445
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34580
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15204
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18940
20 Assembly Line 21631
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22696
22 Average Speed of Answer 26382
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22717
24 Batch Production 37724
25 Bill Discounting 14181
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10848
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6940
28 Blanket Release 9791
29 Bonded Warehouse 9876
30 Booking Number 13454
31 Bottleneck 9268
32 Buffer Stock 58442
33 Build to Stock 12744
34 Bullwhip Effect 9320
35 Business Logistics 25164
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12352
37 Capacity Management 39697
38 Capacity Utilization 13817
39 Capital Intensive 8138
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8420
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11881
42 Certified Supplier 8833
43 Channel Effectiveness 8794
44 Co-Destiny 9068
45 Co-managed Inventory 12237
46 Co-Packers 11577
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6652
48 Computer-Based Training 7527
49 Consular Invoice 19382
50 Container Depot 10400
51 Container Freight Station 10140
52 Continuous Replenishment 19237
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11860
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11217
56 Control Charts 7786
57 Cost Flow 10093
58 Courier Service 14930
59 CPFR 8036
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11569
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43483
62 Date Code 17819
63 Days of Supply 19538
64 Dead on Arrival 8980
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7115
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7898
67 Detective Control 8725
68 Devanning 14027
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10643
70 Dispatching 23774
71 Distributed Inventory 8193
72 Distribution Channel Management 34169
73 Distribution Metrics 8784
74 Distribution Planning 23949
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14916
76 Double Marginalization 52293
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22041
78 Dual 5304
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20351
80 Echelon Inventory 25902
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38008
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49026
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7441
84 Efficient Frontier 25061
85 Engineer-to-Order 31343
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16025
87 Erlang B Formula 9144
88 ETD 8121
89 Ex Works 7695
90 Exception Rate 13202
91 Exponential smoothing 9651
92 External Growth 9858
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9243
94 Field Services 7607
95 Field Warehouse 9728
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8495
97 Fishbone Diagram 14365
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26615
99 Flow Through Distribution 12094
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7964
 
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