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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 9246
2 3D Loading 5903
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20849
4 5 Point Annual Average 8513
5 5 Whys 21533
6 5S Program 7569
7 ABC Analysis 32074
8 ABC Inventory Control 16449
9 Abnormal Demand 23324
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6996
11 Activity Analysis 10723
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13001
13 Actual Demand 10226
14 Aggregate Planning 11290
15 Air Cargo 9168
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5878
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33833
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14767
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18135
20 Assembly Line 19499
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21968
22 Average Speed of Answer 25866
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21514
24 Batch Production 35894
25 Bill Discounting 13231
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10060
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6404
28 Blanket Release 9194
29 Bonded Warehouse 9349
30 Booking Number 12528
31 Bottleneck 8559
32 Buffer Stock 55888
33 Build to Stock 12121
34 Bullwhip Effect 8686
35 Business Logistics 23681
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11865
37 Capacity Management 36527
38 Capacity Utilization 13034
39 Capital Intensive 7447
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7576
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11124
42 Certified Supplier 8406
43 Channel Effectiveness 8302
44 Co-Destiny 8526
45 Co-managed Inventory 11550
46 Co-Packers 11057
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5996
48 Computer-Based Training 7131
49 Consular Invoice 18342
50 Container Depot 9854
51 Container Freight Station 9683
52 Continuous Replenishment 18551
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11279
54 Contract Carrier 6918
55 Contract of Affreightment 10757
56 Control Charts 7290
57 Cost Flow 9620
58 Courier Service 13835
59 CPFR 7521
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11026
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41308
62 Date Code 16719
63 Days of Supply 18759
64 Dead on Arrival 8246
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6703
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7327
67 Detective Control 8269
68 Devanning 13447
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9920
70 Dispatching 21774
71 Distributed Inventory 7758
72 Distribution Channel Management 32384
73 Distribution Metrics 7907
74 Distribution Planning 23206
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14122
76 Double Marginalization 51041
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21317
78 Dual 4806
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19841
80 Echelon Inventory 25330
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36962
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46762
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6912
84 Efficient Frontier 23989
85 Engineer-to-Order 30227
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14952
87 Erlang B Formula 8512
88 ETD 7613
89 Ex Works 7276
90 Exception Rate 12379
91 Exponential smoothing 9138
92 External Growth 9294
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8722
94 Field Services 7242
95 Field Warehouse 9217
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7580
97 Fishbone Diagram 13695
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25467
99 Flow Through Distribution 11434
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7405
 
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