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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 10017
2 3D Loading 6356
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21470
4 5 Point Annual Average 8992
5 5 Whys 22140
6 5S Program 8069
7 ABC Analysis 33741
8 ABC Inventory Control 17023
9 Abnormal Demand 24099
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7465
11 Activity Analysis 11264
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14054
13 Actual Demand 10973
14 Aggregate Planning 11888
15 Air Cargo 9814
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6419
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34540
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15192
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18893
20 Assembly Line 21524
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22655
22 Average Speed of Answer 26360
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22651
24 Batch Production 37641
25 Bill Discounting 14131
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10816
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6919
28 Blanket Release 9756
29 Bonded Warehouse 9851
30 Booking Number 13413
31 Bottleneck 9230
32 Buffer Stock 58333
33 Build to Stock 12717
34 Bullwhip Effect 9287
35 Business Logistics 25107
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12325
37 Capacity Management 39565
38 Capacity Utilization 13780
39 Capital Intensive 8103
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8385
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11849
42 Certified Supplier 8811
43 Channel Effectiveness 8776
44 Co-Destiny 9046
45 Co-managed Inventory 12208
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6622
48 Computer-Based Training 7498
49 Consular Invoice 19339
50 Container Depot 10366
51 Container Freight Station 10129
52 Continuous Replenishment 19206
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11827
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11191
56 Control Charts 7763
57 Cost Flow 10071
58 Courier Service 14883
59 CPFR 8012
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11541
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43381
62 Date Code 17763
63 Days of Supply 19497
64 Dead on Arrival 8944
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7089
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7874
67 Detective Control 8698
68 Devanning 14001
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10613
70 Dispatching 23686
71 Distributed Inventory 8174
72 Distribution Channel Management 34100
73 Distribution Metrics 8737
74 Distribution Planning 23921
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14872
76 Double Marginalization 52243
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22009
78 Dual 5278
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20314
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37971
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48920
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7423
84 Efficient Frontier 25002
85 Engineer-to-Order 31287
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15981
87 Erlang B Formula 9113
88 ETD 8100
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13168
91 Exponential smoothing 9623
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7590
95 Field Warehouse 9701
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8456
97 Fishbone Diagram 14323
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26557
99 Flow Through Distribution 12064
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7942
 
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