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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 10238
2 3D Loading 6456
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21660
4 5 Point Annual Average 9108
5 5 Whys 22253
6 5S Program 8193
7 ABC Analysis 34073
8 ABC Inventory Control 17149
9 Abnormal Demand 24247
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7583
11 Activity Analysis 11396
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14341
13 Actual Demand 11112
14 Aggregate Planning 12044
15 Air Cargo 9971
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6562
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34720
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15282
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19080
20 Assembly Line 22065
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22847
22 Average Speed of Answer 26484
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22932
24 Batch Production 38045
25 Bill Discounting 14363
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11072
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7055
28 Blanket Release 9909
29 Bonded Warehouse 9982
30 Booking Number 13641
31 Bottleneck 9391
32 Buffer Stock 58870
33 Build to Stock 12842
34 Bullwhip Effect 9457
35 Business Logistics 25425
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12467
37 Capacity Management 40132
38 Capacity Utilization 13963
39 Capital Intensive 8282
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8596
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12013
42 Certified Supplier 8902
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9189
45 Co-managed Inventory 12360
46 Co-Packers 11674
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6768
48 Computer-Based Training 7611
49 Consular Invoice 19581
50 Container Depot 10520
51 Container Freight Station 10215
52 Continuous Replenishment 19365
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11973
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11321
56 Control Charts 7884
57 Cost Flow 10181
58 Courier Service 15095
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11690
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43868
62 Date Code 18058
63 Days of Supply 19693
64 Dead on Arrival 9115
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7221
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8008
67 Detective Control 8821
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10766
70 Dispatching 24212
71 Distributed Inventory 8276
72 Distribution Channel Management 34486
73 Distribution Metrics 8967
74 Distribution Planning 24079
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15082
76 Double Marginalization 52479
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22173
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20486
80 Echelon Inventory 26041
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38146
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49385
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7533
84 Efficient Frontier 25290
85 Engineer-to-Order 31565
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16252
87 Erlang B Formula 9255
88 ETD 8241
89 Ex Works 7772
90 Exception Rate 13353
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9965
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7680
95 Field Warehouse 9962
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26834
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
 
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