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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 10080
2 3D Loading 6384
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21514
4 5 Point Annual Average 9022
5 5 Whys 22171
6 5S Program 8095
7 ABC Analysis 33832
8 ABC Inventory Control 17051
9 Abnormal Demand 24133
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7493
11 Activity Analysis 11298
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14119
13 Actual Demand 11009
14 Aggregate Planning 11934
15 Air Cargo 9851
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6458
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34594
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18951
20 Assembly Line 21671
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22704
22 Average Speed of Answer 26389
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22738
24 Batch Production 37744
25 Bill Discounting 14191
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10873
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6952
28 Blanket Release 9798
29 Bonded Warehouse 9886
30 Booking Number 13471
31 Bottleneck 9277
32 Buffer Stock 58496
33 Build to Stock 12752
34 Bullwhip Effect 9331
35 Business Logistics 25190
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12361
37 Capacity Management 39736
38 Capacity Utilization 13831
39 Capital Intensive 8150
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8438
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11889
42 Certified Supplier 8838
43 Channel Effectiveness 8798
44 Co-Destiny 9074
45 Co-managed Inventory 12245
46 Co-Packers 11581
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6665
48 Computer-Based Training 7532
49 Consular Invoice 19398
50 Container Depot 10407
51 Container Freight Station 10145
52 Continuous Replenishment 19250
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11870
54 Contract Carrier 7220
55 Contract of Affreightment 11219
56 Control Charts 7793
57 Cost Flow 10102
58 Courier Service 14946
59 CPFR 8042
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11583
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43529
62 Date Code 17840
63 Days of Supply 19550
64 Dead on Arrival 8993
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7121
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7905
67 Detective Control 8730
68 Devanning 14035
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10652
70 Dispatching 23817
71 Distributed Inventory 8202
72 Distribution Channel Management 34206
73 Distribution Metrics 8801
74 Distribution Planning 23961
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14932
76 Double Marginalization 52305
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22053
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20363
80 Echelon Inventory 25913
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38018
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49057
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7449
84 Efficient Frontier 25081
85 Engineer-to-Order 31357
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16048
87 Erlang B Formula 9149
88 ETD 8127
89 Ex Works 7706
90 Exception Rate 13211
91 Exponential smoothing 9657
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9252
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9734
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8511
97 Fishbone Diagram 14378
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26633
99 Flow Through Distribution 12100
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7975
 
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