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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 9290
2 3D Loading 5936
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20879
4 5 Point Annual Average 8533
5 5 Whys 21569
6 5S Program 7598
7 ABC Analysis 32164
8 ABC Inventory Control 16476
9 Abnormal Demand 23356
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7023
11 Activity Analysis 10750
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13053
13 Actual Demand 10267
14 Aggregate Planning 11314
15 Air Cargo 9187
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5906
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33869
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14793
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18157
20 Assembly Line 19595
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21995
22 Average Speed of Answer 25892
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21554
24 Batch Production 35980
25 Bill Discounting 13271
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10095
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6428
28 Blanket Release 9221
29 Bonded Warehouse 9371
30 Booking Number 12558
31 Bottleneck 8581
32 Buffer Stock 55998
33 Build to Stock 12148
34 Bullwhip Effect 8710
35 Business Logistics 23739
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11886
37 Capacity Management 36666
38 Capacity Utilization 13068
39 Capital Intensive 7480
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7603
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11156
42 Certified Supplier 8427
43 Channel Effectiveness 8335
44 Co-Destiny 8548
45 Co-managed Inventory 11573
46 Co-Packers 11095
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6020
48 Computer-Based Training 7148
49 Consular Invoice 18372
50 Container Depot 9877
51 Container Freight Station 9707
52 Continuous Replenishment 18572
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11307
54 Contract Carrier 6930
55 Contract of Affreightment 10779
56 Control Charts 7311
57 Cost Flow 9649
58 Courier Service 13881
59 CPFR 7548
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11042
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41400
62 Date Code 16773
63 Days of Supply 18791
64 Dead on Arrival 8277
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6718
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7345
67 Detective Control 8299
68 Devanning 13470
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9951
70 Dispatching 21855
71 Distributed Inventory 7779
72 Distribution Channel Management 32455
73 Distribution Metrics 7946
74 Distribution Planning 23245
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14144
76 Double Marginalization 51086
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21350
78 Dual 4842
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19871
80 Echelon Inventory 25354
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37024
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46849
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6934
84 Efficient Frontier 24021
85 Engineer-to-Order 30277
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14990
87 Erlang B Formula 8544
88 ETD 7639
89 Ex Works 7299
90 Exception Rate 12413
91 Exponential smoothing 9156
92 External Growth 9323
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8745
94 Field Services 7262
95 Field Warehouse 9244
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7638
97 Fishbone Diagram 13717
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25511
99 Flow Through Distribution 11466
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7429
 
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