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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 9960
2 3D Loading 6322
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21417
4 5 Point Annual Average 8955
5 5 Whys 22096
6 5S Program 8034
7 ABC Analysis 33646
8 ABC Inventory Control 16980
9 Abnormal Demand 24044
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7425
11 Activity Analysis 11229
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13963
13 Actual Demand 10910
14 Aggregate Planning 11818
15 Air Cargo 9764
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6379
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34472
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15153
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18833
20 Assembly Line 21378
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22600
22 Average Speed of Answer 26321
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22565
24 Batch Production 37496
25 Bill Discounting 14041
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10759
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6875
28 Blanket Release 9715
29 Bonded Warehouse 9811
30 Booking Number 13352
31 Bottleneck 9155
32 Buffer Stock 58176
33 Build to Stock 12670
34 Bullwhip Effect 9228
35 Business Logistics 25007
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12283
37 Capacity Management 39370
38 Capacity Utilization 13711
39 Capital Intensive 8047
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8315
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11795
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8749
44 Co-Destiny 9007
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11517
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6576
48 Computer-Based Training 7466
49 Consular Invoice 19264
50 Container Depot 10319
51 Container Freight Station 10098
52 Continuous Replenishment 19155
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11776
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7726
57 Cost Flow 10034
58 Courier Service 14789
59 CPFR 7966
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11494
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43224
62 Date Code 17691
63 Days of Supply 19424
64 Dead on Arrival 8891
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7824
67 Detective Control 8674
68 Devanning 13956
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10564
70 Dispatching 23566
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33977
73 Distribution Metrics 8671
74 Distribution Planning 23861
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14812
76 Double Marginalization 52136
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21960
78 Dual 5235
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25829
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37919
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48760
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7384
84 Efficient Frontier 24914
85 Engineer-to-Order 31209
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15886
87 Erlang B Formula 9059
88 ETD 8062
89 Ex Works 7656
90 Exception Rate 13106
91 Exponential smoothing 9588
92 External Growth 9798
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9184
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9657
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8392
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26478
99 Flow Through Distribution 12014
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7893
 
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