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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 10648
2 3D Loading 6667
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22006
4 5 Point Annual Average 9356
5 5 Whys 22511
6 5S Program 8402
7 ABC Analysis 34787
8 ABC Inventory Control 17510
9 Abnormal Demand 24556
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7828
11 Activity Analysis 11674
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15042
13 Actual Demand 11348
14 Aggregate Planning 12408
15 Air Cargo 10317
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6795
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35087
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15458
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19519
20 Assembly Line 22974
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23195
22 Average Speed of Answer 26717
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23462
24 Batch Production 38860
25 Bill Discounting 14782
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11465
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7310
28 Blanket Release 10191
29 Bonded Warehouse 10224
30 Booking Number 14101
31 Bottleneck 9737
32 Buffer Stock 59743
33 Build to Stock 13187
34 Bullwhip Effect 9907
35 Business Logistics 26101
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12738
37 Capacity Management 41331
38 Capacity Utilization 14355
39 Capital Intensive 8630
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8991
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12324
42 Certified Supplier 9085
43 Channel Effectiveness 9088
44 Co-Destiny 9465
45 Co-managed Inventory 12763
46 Co-Packers 11942
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7059
48 Computer-Based Training 7823
49 Consular Invoice 20076
50 Container Depot 10758
51 Container Freight Station 10401
52 Continuous Replenishment 19754
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12238
54 Contract Carrier 7413
55 Contract of Affreightment 11579
56 Control Charts 8095
57 Cost Flow 10447
58 Courier Service 15444
59 CPFR 8369
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11980
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44667
62 Date Code 18610
63 Days of Supply 20053
64 Dead on Arrival 9538
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7453
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8287
67 Detective Control 9091
68 Devanning 14384
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11147
70 Dispatching 24889
71 Distributed Inventory 8495
72 Distribution Channel Management 35236
73 Distribution Metrics 9379
74 Distribution Planning 24434
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15462
76 Double Marginalization 53087
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22617
78 Dual 5557
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20797
80 Echelon Inventory 26503
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38516
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50295
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7766
84 Efficient Frontier 25795
85 Engineer-to-Order 32033
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16869
87 Erlang B Formula 9494
88 ETD 8481
89 Ex Works 7958
90 Exception Rate 13720
91 Exponential smoothing 9965
92 External Growth 10261
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9713
94 Field Services 7852
95 Field Warehouse 11179
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9033
97 Fishbone Diagram 14803
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27405
99 Flow Through Distribution 12517
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8370
 
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