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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 9844
2 3D Loading 6234
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21314
4 5 Point Annual Average 8865
5 5 Whys 21982
6 5S Program 7951
7 ABC Analysis 33351
8 ABC Inventory Control 16885
9 Abnormal Demand 23904
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7340
11 Activity Analysis 11138
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13772
13 Actual Demand 10771
14 Aggregate Planning 11709
15 Air Cargo 9610
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6303
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34340
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15091
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18684
20 Assembly Line 21028
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22468
22 Average Speed of Answer 26250
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22327
24 Batch Production 37206
25 Bill Discounting 13887
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10613
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6797
28 Blanket Release 9635
29 Bonded Warehouse 9712
30 Booking Number 13174
31 Bottleneck 9030
32 Buffer Stock 57735
33 Build to Stock 12563
34 Bullwhip Effect 9118
35 Business Logistics 24773
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12200
37 Capacity Management 38818
38 Capacity Utilization 13580
39 Capital Intensive 7929
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8153
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11647
42 Certified Supplier 8724
43 Channel Effectiveness 8656
44 Co-Destiny 8923
45 Co-managed Inventory 12041
46 Co-Packers 11436
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6463
48 Computer-Based Training 7402
49 Consular Invoice 19085
50 Container Depot 10223
51 Container Freight Station 10033
52 Continuous Replenishment 19031
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11683
54 Contract Carrier 7130
55 Contract of Affreightment 11086
56 Control Charts 7636
57 Cost Flow 9950
58 Courier Service 14614
59 CPFR 7885
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11382
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42812
62 Date Code 17534
63 Days of Supply 19283
64 Dead on Arrival 8780
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6998
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7727
67 Detective Control 8602
68 Devanning 13876
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10442
70 Dispatching 23236
71 Distributed Inventory 8075
72 Distribution Channel Management 33650
73 Distribution Metrics 8505
74 Distribution Planning 23732
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14665
76 Double Marginalization 51874
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21844
78 Dual 5160
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20203
80 Echelon Inventory 25725
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37781
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48350
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7309
84 Efficient Frontier 24713
85 Engineer-to-Order 31023
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15665
87 Erlang B Formula 8951
88 ETD 7980
89 Ex Works 7584
90 Exception Rate 12962
91 Exponential smoothing 9496
92 External Growth 9704
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9105
94 Field Services 7502
95 Field Warehouse 9554
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8253
97 Fishbone Diagram 14164
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26285
99 Flow Through Distribution 11916
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7805
 
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