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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 9418
2 3D Loading 6010
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20977
4 5 Point Annual Average 8615
5 5 Whys 21678
6 5S Program 7686
7 ABC Analysis 32428
8 ABC Inventory Control 16575
9 Abnormal Demand 23473
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7103
11 Activity Analysis 10861
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13227
13 Actual Demand 10382
14 Aggregate Planning 11400
15 Air Cargo 9272
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5990
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33969
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14865
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18269
20 Assembly Line 19975
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22082
22 Average Speed of Answer 25983
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21705
24 Batch Production 36270
25 Bill Discounting 13396
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10183
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6496
28 Blanket Release 9324
29 Bonded Warehouse 9457
30 Booking Number 12710
31 Bottleneck 8676
32 Buffer Stock 56408
33 Build to Stock 12245
34 Bullwhip Effect 8815
35 Business Logistics 23944
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11954
37 Capacity Management 37192
38 Capacity Utilization 13180
39 Capital Intensive 7576
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7720
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11243
42 Certified Supplier 8491
43 Channel Effectiveness 8419
44 Co-Destiny 8625
45 Co-managed Inventory 11676
46 Co-Packers 11188
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6142
48 Computer-Based Training 7205
49 Consular Invoice 18494
50 Container Depot 9965
51 Container Freight Station 9779
52 Continuous Replenishment 18665
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11373
54 Contract Carrier 6983
55 Contract of Affreightment 10854
56 Control Charts 7389
57 Cost Flow 9723
58 Courier Service 14053
59 CPFR 7634
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11123
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41698
62 Date Code 16960
63 Days of Supply 18926
64 Dead on Arrival 8392
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6788
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7426
67 Detective Control 8383
68 Devanning 13556
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10072
70 Dispatching 22175
71 Distributed Inventory 7847
72 Distribution Channel Management 32749
73 Distribution Metrics 8067
74 Distribution Planning 23394
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14251
76 Double Marginalization 51263
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21469
78 Dual 4916
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19968
80 Echelon Inventory 25439
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37220
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47175
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7012
84 Efficient Frontier 24154
85 Engineer-to-Order 30451
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15114
87 Erlang B Formula 8641
88 ETD 7728
89 Ex Works 7362
90 Exception Rate 12521
91 Exponential smoothing 9237
92 External Growth 9427
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8842
94 Field Services 7326
95 Field Warehouse 9317
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7799
97 Fishbone Diagram 13811
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25678
99 Flow Through Distribution 11581
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7508
 
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