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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 10279
2 3D Loading 6487
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21708
4 5 Point Annual Average 9136
5 5 Whys 22284
6 5S Program 8223
7 ABC Analysis 34164
8 ABC Inventory Control 17193
9 Abnormal Demand 24288
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7616
11 Activity Analysis 11429
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14423
13 Actual Demand 11149
14 Aggregate Planning 12076
15 Air Cargo 10006
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6589
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34767
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19121
20 Assembly Line 22184
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22899
22 Average Speed of Answer 26508
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22999
24 Batch Production 38192
25 Bill Discounting 14420
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11126
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7088
28 Blanket Release 9951
29 Bonded Warehouse 10012
30 Booking Number 13688
31 Bottleneck 9439
32 Buffer Stock 59036
33 Build to Stock 12874
34 Bullwhip Effect 9502
35 Business Logistics 25503
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12503
37 Capacity Management 40270
38 Capacity Utilization 14014
39 Capital Intensive 8330
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8639
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12051
42 Certified Supplier 8928
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9225
45 Co-managed Inventory 12398
46 Co-Packers 11707
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6799
48 Computer-Based Training 7641
49 Consular Invoice 19652
50 Container Depot 10552
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19402
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12012
54 Contract Carrier 7291
55 Contract of Affreightment 11353
56 Control Charts 7911
57 Cost Flow 10212
58 Courier Service 15149
59 CPFR 8161
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11725
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43981
62 Date Code 18115
63 Days of Supply 19746
64 Dead on Arrival 9163
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7255
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8047
67 Detective Control 8859
68 Devanning 14159
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10805
70 Dispatching 24334
71 Distributed Inventory 8300
72 Distribution Channel Management 34559
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24126
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15127
76 Double Marginalization 52540
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22217
78 Dual 5399
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20527
80 Echelon Inventory 26097
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38187
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49489
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7562
84 Efficient Frontier 25357
85 Engineer-to-Order 31628
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16313
87 Erlang B Formula 9294
88 ETD 8274
89 Ex Works 7790
90 Exception Rate 13404
91 Exponential smoothing 9776
92 External Growth 10009
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9373
94 Field Services 7703
95 Field Warehouse 10176
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8690
97 Fishbone Diagram 14540
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26900
99 Flow Through Distribution 12245
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8110
 
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