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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 8957
2 3D Loading 5705
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20634
4 5 Point Annual Average 8321
5 5 Whys 21251
6 5S Program 7361
7 ABC Analysis 31329
8 ABC Inventory Control 16067
9 Abnormal Demand 23084
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6756
11 Activity Analysis 10505
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 12616
13 Actual Demand 9952
14 Aggregate Planning 11024
15 Air Cargo 8932
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5616
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33584
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14556
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17875
20 Assembly Line 18803
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21700
22 Average Speed of Answer 25643
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21179
24 Batch Production 35103
25 Bill Discounting 12865
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9789
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6236
28 Blanket Release 8965
29 Bonded Warehouse 9090
30 Booking Number 12205
31 Bottleneck 8288
32 Buffer Stock 55096
33 Build to Stock 11899
34 Bullwhip Effect 8383
35 Business Logistics 23141
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11645
37 Capacity Management 35620
38 Capacity Utilization 12738
39 Capital Intensive 7188
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7279
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10889
42 Certified Supplier 8198
43 Channel Effectiveness 8084
44 Co-Destiny 8339
45 Co-managed Inventory 11310
46 Co-Packers 10840
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5756
48 Computer-Based Training 6945
49 Consular Invoice 18106
50 Container Depot 9627
51 Container Freight Station 9465
52 Continuous Replenishment 18289
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11054
54 Contract Carrier 6734
55 Contract of Affreightment 10534
56 Control Charts 7095
57 Cost Flow 9402
58 Courier Service 13542
59 CPFR 7255
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10827
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 40597
62 Date Code 16308
63 Days of Supply 18472
64 Dead on Arrival 8007
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6508
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7095
67 Detective Control 8008
68 Devanning 13224
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9682
70 Dispatching 21312
71 Distributed Inventory 7589
72 Distribution Channel Management 31843
73 Distribution Metrics 7629
74 Distribution Planning 22911
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13855
76 Double Marginalization 50526
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21040
78 Dual 4591
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19563
80 Echelon Inventory 25111
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36533
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 45964
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6704
84 Efficient Frontier 23669
85 Engineer-to-Order 29845
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14670
87 Erlang B Formula 8245
88 ETD 7379
89 Ex Works 7086
90 Exception Rate 12064
91 Exponential smoothing 8940
92 External Growth 9051
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8518
94 Field Services 7065
95 Field Warehouse 9004
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7210
97 Fishbone Diagram 13426
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25058
99 Flow Through Distribution 11179
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7119
 
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