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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 10049
2 3D Loading 6369
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21497
4 5 Point Annual Average 9004
5 5 Whys 22160
6 5S Program 8084
7 ABC Analysis 33785
8 ABC Inventory Control 17038
9 Abnormal Demand 24114
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7479
11 Activity Analysis 11279
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14086
13 Actual Demand 10994
14 Aggregate Planning 11918
15 Air Cargo 9832
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6437
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34570
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15202
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18927
20 Assembly Line 21597
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22685
22 Average Speed of Answer 26378
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22696
24 Batch Production 37698
25 Bill Discounting 14170
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10838
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6933
28 Blanket Release 9780
29 Bonded Warehouse 9868
30 Booking Number 13439
31 Bottleneck 9258
32 Buffer Stock 58407
33 Build to Stock 12739
34 Bullwhip Effect 9308
35 Business Logistics 25148
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12344
37 Capacity Management 39658
38 Capacity Utilization 13808
39 Capital Intensive 8130
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8409
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11869
42 Certified Supplier 8830
43 Channel Effectiveness 8788
44 Co-Destiny 9062
45 Co-managed Inventory 12230
46 Co-Packers 11569
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6640
48 Computer-Based Training 7521
49 Consular Invoice 19365
50 Container Depot 10386
51 Container Freight Station 10138
52 Continuous Replenishment 19226
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11853
54 Contract Carrier 7214
55 Contract of Affreightment 11209
56 Control Charts 7781
57 Cost Flow 10088
58 Courier Service 14917
59 CPFR 8029
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11558
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43449
62 Date Code 17797
63 Days of Supply 19526
64 Dead on Arrival 8970
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7102
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7890
67 Detective Control 8714
68 Devanning 14017
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10632
70 Dispatching 23748
71 Distributed Inventory 8188
72 Distribution Channel Management 34145
73 Distribution Metrics 8766
74 Distribution Planning 23937
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14899
76 Double Marginalization 52276
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22030
78 Dual 5299
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20337
80 Echelon Inventory 25894
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37995
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48991
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7435
84 Efficient Frontier 25047
85 Engineer-to-Order 31321
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16009
87 Erlang B Formula 9134
88 ETD 8113
89 Ex Works 7691
90 Exception Rate 13193
91 Exponential smoothing 9639
92 External Growth 9852
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9235
94 Field Services 7601
95 Field Warehouse 9718
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8482
97 Fishbone Diagram 14355
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26594
99 Flow Through Distribution 12084
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7957
 
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