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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 9979
2 3D Loading 6334
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21436
4 5 Point Annual Average 8966
5 5 Whys 22111
6 5S Program 8045
7 ABC Analysis 33676
8 ABC Inventory Control 16995
9 Abnormal Demand 24060
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7440
11 Activity Analysis 11238
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13989
13 Actual Demand 10928
14 Aggregate Planning 11849
15 Air Cargo 9783
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6392
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34498
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15166
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18850
20 Assembly Line 21429
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22614
22 Average Speed of Answer 26332
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22590
24 Batch Production 37549
25 Bill Discounting 14076
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10778
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6887
28 Blanket Release 9729
29 Bonded Warehouse 9827
30 Booking Number 13373
31 Bottleneck 9183
32 Buffer Stock 58233
33 Build to Stock 12688
34 Bullwhip Effect 9251
35 Business Logistics 25044
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12294
37 Capacity Management 39433
38 Capacity Utilization 13734
39 Capital Intensive 8071
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8339
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11811
42 Certified Supplier 8793
43 Channel Effectiveness 8758
44 Co-Destiny 9024
45 Co-managed Inventory 12171
46 Co-Packers 11531
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6592
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19288
50 Container Depot 10335
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19169
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11797
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11172
56 Control Charts 7737
57 Cost Flow 10046
58 Courier Service 14822
59 CPFR 7985
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11512
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43277
62 Date Code 17715
63 Days of Supply 19448
64 Dead on Arrival 8913
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7070
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7840
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13973
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10581
70 Dispatching 23607
71 Distributed Inventory 8155
72 Distribution Channel Management 34017
73 Distribution Metrics 8697
74 Distribution Planning 23889
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14829
76 Double Marginalization 52164
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21979
78 Dual 5251
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20289
80 Echelon Inventory 25847
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37940
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48817
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7396
84 Efficient Frontier 24945
85 Engineer-to-Order 31238
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15922
87 Erlang B Formula 9081
88 ETD 8073
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13126
91 Exponential smoothing 9599
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9193
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9674
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8410
97 Fishbone Diagram 14295
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26500
99 Flow Through Distribution 12032
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7910
 
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