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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 10217
2 3D Loading 6443
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21634
4 5 Point Annual Average 9096
5 5 Whys 22240
6 5S Program 8171
7 ABC Analysis 34033
8 ABC Inventory Control 17130
9 Abnormal Demand 24220
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7567
11 Activity Analysis 11380
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14289
13 Actual Demand 11086
14 Aggregate Planning 12026
15 Air Cargo 9943
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6546
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34700
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15264
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19057
20 Assembly Line 21989
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22816
22 Average Speed of Answer 26463
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22903
24 Batch Production 37995
25 Bill Discounting 14333
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11044
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7037
28 Blanket Release 9893
29 Bonded Warehouse 9963
30 Booking Number 13611
31 Bottleneck 9373
32 Buffer Stock 58793
33 Build to Stock 12826
34 Bullwhip Effect 9437
35 Business Logistics 25383
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12446
37 Capacity Management 40071
38 Capacity Utilization 13940
39 Capital Intensive 8261
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8566
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11989
42 Certified Supplier 8890
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9168
45 Co-managed Inventory 12338
46 Co-Packers 11658
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6746
48 Computer-Based Training 7595
49 Consular Invoice 19549
50 Container Depot 10503
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19347
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11952
54 Contract Carrier 7262
55 Contract of Affreightment 11305
56 Control Charts 7868
57 Cost Flow 10169
58 Courier Service 15071
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11665
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43804
62 Date Code 18027
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9091
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7207
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7994
67 Detective Control 8803
68 Devanning 14114
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10744
70 Dispatching 24150
71 Distributed Inventory 8260
72 Distribution Channel Management 34429
73 Distribution Metrics 8938
74 Distribution Planning 24059
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15052
76 Double Marginalization 52439
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22152
78 Dual 5366
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20461
80 Echelon Inventory 26013
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38123
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49326
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7516
84 Efficient Frontier 25255
85 Engineer-to-Order 31529
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16214
87 Erlang B Formula 9237
88 ETD 8221
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13326
91 Exponential smoothing 9736
92 External Growth 9950
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9328
94 Field Services 7666
95 Field Warehouse 9872
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8621
97 Fishbone Diagram 14485
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26803
99 Flow Through Distribution 12187
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8057
 
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