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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 10218
2 3D Loading 6443
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21639
4 5 Point Annual Average 9097
5 5 Whys 22241
6 5S Program 8174
7 ABC Analysis 34040
8 ABC Inventory Control 17132
9 Abnormal Demand 24222
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7569
11 Activity Analysis 11382
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14298
13 Actual Demand 11092
14 Aggregate Planning 12029
15 Air Cargo 9948
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6548
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34702
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15265
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19062
20 Assembly Line 22004
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22819
22 Average Speed of Answer 26467
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22906
24 Batch Production 38002
25 Bill Discounting 14340
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11048
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7039
28 Blanket Release 9897
29 Bonded Warehouse 9967
30 Booking Number 13613
31 Bottleneck 9376
32 Buffer Stock 58806
33 Build to Stock 12827
34 Bullwhip Effect 9440
35 Business Logistics 25389
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12448
37 Capacity Management 40082
38 Capacity Utilization 13944
39 Capital Intensive 8264
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8569
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11992
42 Certified Supplier 8893
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9171
45 Co-managed Inventory 12341
46 Co-Packers 11661
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6751
48 Computer-Based Training 7597
49 Consular Invoice 19551
50 Container Depot 10507
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19349
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11953
54 Contract Carrier 7263
55 Contract of Affreightment 11308
56 Control Charts 7869
57 Cost Flow 10172
58 Courier Service 15075
59 CPFR 8121
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11669
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43816
62 Date Code 18032
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9093
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7208
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7997
67 Detective Control 8806
68 Devanning 14116
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10745
70 Dispatching 24161
71 Distributed Inventory 8261
72 Distribution Channel Management 34443
73 Distribution Metrics 8941
74 Distribution Planning 24062
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15055
76 Double Marginalization 52442
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22156
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20466
80 Echelon Inventory 26018
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38124
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49334
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7518
84 Efficient Frontier 25264
85 Engineer-to-Order 31535
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16218
87 Erlang B Formula 9240
88 ETD 8224
89 Ex Works 7759
90 Exception Rate 13330
91 Exponential smoothing 9737
92 External Growth 9952
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9331
94 Field Services 7668
95 Field Warehouse 9886
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8626
97 Fishbone Diagram 14488
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26809
99 Flow Through Distribution 12190
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8060
 
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