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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 10234
2 3D Loading 6453
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21656
4 5 Point Annual Average 9108
5 5 Whys 22252
6 5S Program 8188
7 ABC Analysis 34065
8 ABC Inventory Control 17145
9 Abnormal Demand 24241
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7581
11 Activity Analysis 11394
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14336
13 Actual Demand 11112
14 Aggregate Planning 12039
15 Air Cargo 9969
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6557
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34717
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15279
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19078
20 Assembly Line 22050
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22841
22 Average Speed of Answer 26478
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22930
24 Batch Production 38035
25 Bill Discounting 14357
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11067
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7051
28 Blanket Release 9907
29 Bonded Warehouse 9980
30 Booking Number 13637
31 Bottleneck 9387
32 Buffer Stock 58858
33 Build to Stock 12839
34 Bullwhip Effect 9453
35 Business Logistics 25422
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12463
37 Capacity Management 40119
38 Capacity Utilization 13961
39 Capital Intensive 8277
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8590
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12009
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8858
44 Co-Destiny 9185
45 Co-managed Inventory 12358
46 Co-Packers 11672
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19572
50 Container Depot 10519
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19361
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11969
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11316
56 Control Charts 7881
57 Cost Flow 10179
58 Courier Service 15091
59 CPFR 8130
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11687
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43860
62 Date Code 18055
63 Days of Supply 19691
64 Dead on Arrival 9110
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7219
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8817
68 Devanning 14125
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10762
70 Dispatching 24201
71 Distributed Inventory 8275
72 Distribution Channel Management 34474
73 Distribution Metrics 8963
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15075
76 Double Marginalization 52471
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22169
78 Dual 5375
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20483
80 Echelon Inventory 26037
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38143
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49375
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7528
84 Efficient Frontier 25285
85 Engineer-to-Order 31563
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16248
87 Erlang B Formula 9252
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7770
90 Exception Rate 13346
91 Exponential smoothing 9748
92 External Growth 9961
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9339
94 Field Services 7676
95 Field Warehouse 9932
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14503
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26832
99 Flow Through Distribution 12203
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8074
 
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