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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 9951
2 3D Loading 6319
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21410
4 5 Point Annual Average 8952
5 5 Whys 22089
6 5S Program 8030
7 ABC Analysis 33635
8 ABC Inventory Control 16974
9 Abnormal Demand 24040
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7421
11 Activity Analysis 11225
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13951
13 Actual Demand 10900
14 Aggregate Planning 11815
15 Air Cargo 9756
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6374
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34463
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15151
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18824
20 Assembly Line 21358
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22596
22 Average Speed of Answer 26319
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22556
24 Batch Production 37485
25 Bill Discounting 14033
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10752
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6872
28 Blanket Release 9712
29 Bonded Warehouse 9808
30 Booking Number 13346
31 Bottleneck 9145
32 Buffer Stock 58156
33 Build to Stock 12664
34 Bullwhip Effect 9226
35 Business Logistics 24996
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12278
37 Capacity Management 39342
38 Capacity Utilization 13706
39 Capital Intensive 8040
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8309
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11787
42 Certified Supplier 8782
43 Channel Effectiveness 8744
44 Co-Destiny 9004
45 Co-managed Inventory 12149
46 Co-Packers 11515
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6572
48 Computer-Based Training 7460
49 Consular Invoice 19255
50 Container Depot 10313
51 Container Freight Station 10096
52 Continuous Replenishment 19152
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11773
54 Contract Carrier 7181
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7722
57 Cost Flow 10031
58 Courier Service 14783
59 CPFR 7963
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11489
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43206
62 Date Code 17684
63 Days of Supply 19421
64 Dead on Arrival 8887
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7055
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7821
67 Detective Control 8668
68 Devanning 13955
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10560
70 Dispatching 23549
71 Distributed Inventory 8145
72 Distribution Channel Management 33964
73 Distribution Metrics 8664
74 Distribution Planning 23850
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14807
76 Double Marginalization 52123
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21955
78 Dual 5230
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25826
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37916
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48747
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7380
84 Efficient Frontier 24905
85 Engineer-to-Order 31203
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15879
87 Erlang B Formula 9053
88 ETD 8058
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13101
91 Exponential smoothing 9584
92 External Growth 9791
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9180
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9653
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8387
97 Fishbone Diagram 14277
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26468
99 Flow Through Distribution 12007
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
 
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