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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 10057
2 3D Loading 6371
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21499
4 5 Point Annual Average 9010
5 5 Whys 22160
6 5S Program 8087
7 ABC Analysis 33795
8 ABC Inventory Control 17038
9 Abnormal Demand 24117
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7481
11 Activity Analysis 11284
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14096
13 Actual Demand 10997
14 Aggregate Planning 11921
15 Air Cargo 9836
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6443
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34574
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15202
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18934
20 Assembly Line 21610
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22687
22 Average Speed of Answer 26380
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22705
24 Batch Production 37707
25 Bill Discounting 14173
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10843
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6934
28 Blanket Release 9785
29 Bonded Warehouse 9872
30 Booking Number 13449
31 Bottleneck 9261
32 Buffer Stock 58421
33 Build to Stock 12741
34 Bullwhip Effect 9312
35 Business Logistics 25153
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12347
37 Capacity Management 39681
38 Capacity Utilization 13812
39 Capital Intensive 8131
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8413
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11872
42 Certified Supplier 8832
43 Channel Effectiveness 8791
44 Co-Destiny 9063
45 Co-managed Inventory 12233
46 Co-Packers 11572
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6644
48 Computer-Based Training 7524
49 Consular Invoice 19372
50 Container Depot 10392
51 Container Freight Station 10139
52 Continuous Replenishment 19231
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11856
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11211
56 Control Charts 7783
57 Cost Flow 10090
58 Courier Service 14922
59 CPFR 8031
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11562
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43468
62 Date Code 17807
63 Days of Supply 19532
64 Dead on Arrival 8973
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7108
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7894
67 Detective Control 8717
68 Devanning 14022
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10638
70 Dispatching 23762
71 Distributed Inventory 8190
72 Distribution Channel Management 34155
73 Distribution Metrics 8775
74 Distribution Planning 23940
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14905
76 Double Marginalization 52282
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22033
78 Dual 5301
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20342
80 Echelon Inventory 25899
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38002
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49005
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7437
84 Efficient Frontier 25052
85 Engineer-to-Order 31331
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16013
87 Erlang B Formula 9137
88 ETD 8118
89 Ex Works 7692
90 Exception Rate 13196
91 Exponential smoothing 9643
92 External Growth 9853
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9237
94 Field Services 7605
95 Field Warehouse 9722
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8490
97 Fishbone Diagram 14359
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26600
99 Flow Through Distribution 12088
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7960
 
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