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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 10105
2 3D Loading 6394
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21531
4 5 Point Annual Average 9034
5 5 Whys 22182
6 5S Program 8110
7 ABC Analysis 33864
8 ABC Inventory Control 17062
9 Abnormal Demand 24153
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7507
11 Activity Analysis 11309
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14145
13 Actual Demand 11019
14 Aggregate Planning 11950
15 Air Cargo 9864
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6478
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34609
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15213
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18970
20 Assembly Line 21735
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22722
22 Average Speed of Answer 26404
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22769
24 Batch Production 37784
25 Bill Discounting 14211
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10902
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6965
28 Blanket Release 9811
29 Bonded Warehouse 9899
30 Booking Number 13488
31 Bottleneck 9294
32 Buffer Stock 58557
33 Build to Stock 12762
34 Bullwhip Effect 9352
35 Business Logistics 25221
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12373
37 Capacity Management 39801
38 Capacity Utilization 13849
39 Capital Intensive 8174
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8460
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11909
42 Certified Supplier 8845
43 Channel Effectiveness 8804
44 Co-Destiny 9092
45 Co-managed Inventory 12260
46 Co-Packers 11596
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6675
48 Computer-Based Training 7542
49 Consular Invoice 19422
50 Container Depot 10426
51 Container Freight Station 10155
52 Continuous Replenishment 19265
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11883
54 Contract Carrier 7224
55 Contract of Affreightment 11247
56 Control Charts 7807
57 Cost Flow 10116
58 Courier Service 14971
59 CPFR 8055
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11592
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43591
62 Date Code 17875
63 Days of Supply 19574
64 Dead on Arrival 9013
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7133
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7919
67 Detective Control 8742
68 Devanning 14055
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10671
70 Dispatching 23883
71 Distributed Inventory 8209
72 Distribution Channel Management 34246
73 Distribution Metrics 8827
74 Distribution Planning 23974
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14954
76 Double Marginalization 52329
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22071
78 Dual 5319
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20381
80 Echelon Inventory 25927
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38039
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49115
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7458
84 Efficient Frontier 25107
85 Engineer-to-Order 31396
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16073
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8147
89 Ex Works 7715
90 Exception Rate 13229
91 Exponential smoothing 9668
92 External Growth 9872
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9262
94 Field Services 7624
95 Field Warehouse 9745
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8531
97 Fishbone Diagram 14399
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26660
99 Flow Through Distribution 12116
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7988
 
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