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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 10011
2 3D Loading 6352
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21460
4 5 Point Annual Average 8988
5 5 Whys 22139
6 5S Program 8068
7 ABC Analysis 33734
8 ABC Inventory Control 17018
9 Abnormal Demand 24093
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7459
11 Activity Analysis 11261
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14042
13 Actual Demand 10969
14 Aggregate Planning 11883
15 Air Cargo 9808
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6414
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34530
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15190
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18883
20 Assembly Line 21512
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22646
22 Average Speed of Answer 26353
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22646
24 Batch Production 37622
25 Bill Discounting 14121
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10810
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6913
28 Blanket Release 9753
29 Bonded Warehouse 9847
30 Booking Number 13410
31 Bottleneck 9223
32 Buffer Stock 58320
33 Build to Stock 12711
34 Bullwhip Effect 9284
35 Business Logistics 25100
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12318
37 Capacity Management 39544
38 Capacity Utilization 13773
39 Capital Intensive 8098
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8376
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11841
42 Certified Supplier 8808
43 Channel Effectiveness 8773
44 Co-Destiny 9045
45 Co-managed Inventory 12204
46 Co-Packers 11552
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6614
48 Computer-Based Training 7493
49 Consular Invoice 19334
50 Container Depot 10361
51 Container Freight Station 10125
52 Continuous Replenishment 19200
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11822
54 Contract Carrier 7203
55 Contract of Affreightment 11188
56 Control Charts 7759
57 Cost Flow 10067
58 Courier Service 14873
59 CPFR 8007
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11534
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43371
62 Date Code 17757
63 Days of Supply 19494
64 Dead on Arrival 8940
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7087
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7870
67 Detective Control 8696
68 Devanning 13998
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10607
70 Dispatching 23673
71 Distributed Inventory 8169
72 Distribution Channel Management 34086
73 Distribution Metrics 8729
74 Distribution Planning 23916
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14870
76 Double Marginalization 52228
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22004
78 Dual 5275
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20309
80 Echelon Inventory 25875
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37967
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48908
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7416
84 Efficient Frontier 24996
85 Engineer-to-Order 31279
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15976
87 Erlang B Formula 9109
88 ETD 8098
89 Ex Works 7678
90 Exception Rate 13163
91 Exponential smoothing 9618
92 External Growth 9834
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9218
94 Field Services 7587
95 Field Warehouse 9697
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8449
97 Fishbone Diagram 14317
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26551
99 Flow Through Distribution 12060
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7935
 
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