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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 9981
2 3D Loading 6336
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21438
4 5 Point Annual Average 8968
5 5 Whys 22115
6 5S Program 8046
7 ABC Analysis 33677
8 ABC Inventory Control 16998
9 Abnormal Demand 24064
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7442
11 Activity Analysis 11242
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13996
13 Actual Demand 10932
14 Aggregate Planning 11853
15 Air Cargo 9785
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6393
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34502
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15168
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18852
20 Assembly Line 21440
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22617
22 Average Speed of Answer 26336
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22595
24 Batch Production 37557
25 Bill Discounting 14081
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10781
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6890
28 Blanket Release 9732
29 Bonded Warehouse 9829
30 Booking Number 13378
31 Bottleneck 9187
32 Buffer Stock 58246
33 Build to Stock 12691
34 Bullwhip Effect 9258
35 Business Logistics 25050
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12295
37 Capacity Management 39446
38 Capacity Utilization 13739
39 Capital Intensive 8073
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8344
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11816
42 Certified Supplier 8795
43 Channel Effectiveness 8759
44 Co-Destiny 9026
45 Co-managed Inventory 12175
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6595
48 Computer-Based Training 7476
49 Consular Invoice 19298
50 Container Depot 10337
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19172
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11801
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11173
56 Control Charts 7739
57 Cost Flow 10049
58 Courier Service 14830
59 CPFR 7988
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11515
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43288
62 Date Code 17719
63 Days of Supply 19450
64 Dead on Arrival 8917
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7072
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7843
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13976
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10582
70 Dispatching 23612
71 Distributed Inventory 8159
72 Distribution Channel Management 34025
73 Distribution Metrics 8698
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14836
76 Double Marginalization 52168
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21982
78 Dual 5253
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20291
80 Echelon Inventory 25851
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37943
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48830
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7397
84 Efficient Frontier 24948
85 Engineer-to-Order 31246
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15931
87 Erlang B Formula 9086
88 ETD 8075
89 Ex Works 7665
90 Exception Rate 13133
91 Exponential smoothing 9601
92 External Growth 9813
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9197
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9676
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8415
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26502
99 Flow Through Distribution 12034
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7913
 
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