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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 9892
2 3D Loading 6267
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21357
4 5 Point Annual Average 8908
5 5 Whys 22033
6 5S Program 7988
7 ABC Analysis 33482
8 ABC Inventory Control 16930
9 Abnormal Demand 23968
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7380
11 Activity Analysis 11188
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13864
13 Actual Demand 10826
14 Aggregate Planning 11757
15 Air Cargo 9685
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6337
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34393
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15122
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18751
20 Assembly Line 21194
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22530
22 Average Speed of Answer 26288
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22425
24 Batch Production 37349
25 Bill Discounting 13965
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10687
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6835
28 Blanket Release 9676
29 Bonded Warehouse 9755
30 Booking Number 13256
31 Bottleneck 9079
32 Buffer Stock 57959
33 Build to Stock 12609
34 Bullwhip Effect 9166
35 Business Logistics 24876
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12240
37 Capacity Management 39081
38 Capacity Utilization 13641
39 Capital Intensive 7980
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8229
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11719
42 Certified Supplier 8754
43 Channel Effectiveness 8705
44 Co-Destiny 8969
45 Co-managed Inventory 12095
46 Co-Packers 11480
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6521
48 Computer-Based Training 7437
49 Consular Invoice 19163
50 Container Depot 10264
51 Container Freight Station 10066
52 Continuous Replenishment 19094
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11732
54 Contract Carrier 7160
55 Contract of Affreightment 11123
56 Control Charts 7681
57 Cost Flow 9991
58 Courier Service 14687
59 CPFR 7919
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11445
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42991
62 Date Code 17597
63 Days of Supply 19346
64 Dead on Arrival 8823
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7029
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7775
67 Detective Control 8637
68 Devanning 13917
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10497
70 Dispatching 23404
71 Distributed Inventory 8109
72 Distribution Channel Management 33810
73 Distribution Metrics 8584
74 Distribution Planning 23798
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14735
76 Double Marginalization 51991
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21907
78 Dual 5193
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20241
80 Echelon Inventory 25776
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37846
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48554
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7342
84 Efficient Frontier 24800
85 Engineer-to-Order 31108
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15772
87 Erlang B Formula 9004
88 ETD 8021
89 Ex Works 7626
90 Exception Rate 13022
91 Exponential smoothing 9535
92 External Growth 9748
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9148
94 Field Services 7539
95 Field Warehouse 9605
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8321
97 Fishbone Diagram 14211
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26381
99 Flow Through Distribution 11962
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7845
 
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