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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 9938
2 3D Loading 6308
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21403
4 5 Point Annual Average 8943
5 5 Whys 22078
6 5S Program 8024
7 ABC Analysis 33608
8 ABC Inventory Control 16970
9 Abnormal Demand 24026
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7413
11 Activity Analysis 11218
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13933
13 Actual Demand 10884
14 Aggregate Planning 11805
15 Air Cargo 9746
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6368
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34455
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15146
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18815
20 Assembly Line 21329
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22589
22 Average Speed of Answer 26313
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22537
24 Batch Production 37456
25 Bill Discounting 14021
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10741
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6864
28 Blanket Release 9704
29 Bonded Warehouse 9795
30 Booking Number 13333
31 Bottleneck 9136
32 Buffer Stock 58121
33 Build to Stock 12656
34 Bullwhip Effect 9218
35 Business Logistics 24976
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12270
37 Capacity Management 39286
38 Capacity Utilization 13689
39 Capital Intensive 8030
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8295
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11777
42 Certified Supplier 8775
43 Channel Effectiveness 8734
44 Co-Destiny 8997
45 Co-managed Inventory 12136
46 Co-Packers 11506
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6566
48 Computer-Based Training 7455
49 Consular Invoice 19238
50 Container Depot 10303
51 Container Freight Station 10088
52 Continuous Replenishment 19142
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11763
54 Contract Carrier 7175
55 Contract of Affreightment 11149
56 Control Charts 7715
57 Cost Flow 10026
58 Courier Service 14768
59 CPFR 7952
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11479
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43171
62 Date Code 17667
63 Days of Supply 19402
64 Dead on Arrival 8873
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7051
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7813
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13949
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10553
70 Dispatching 23527
71 Distributed Inventory 8140
72 Distribution Channel Management 33935
73 Distribution Metrics 8649
74 Distribution Planning 23839
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14793
76 Double Marginalization 52106
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21946
78 Dual 5223
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20271
80 Echelon Inventory 25816
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37904
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48705
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7372
84 Efficient Frontier 24886
85 Engineer-to-Order 31190
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15857
87 Erlang B Formula 9044
88 ETD 8053
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13089
91 Exponential smoothing 9576
92 External Growth 9785
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9172
94 Field Services 7566
95 Field Warehouse 9642
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8370
97 Fishbone Diagram 14262
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26457
99 Flow Through Distribution 11998
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7883
 
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